Making a show about reggaeton while using the least amount of Puerto Ricans is a load of shit. Especially since Netflix prides itself on being diverse and all the other bullshit about being authentic to the stories from non-white folks being represented. This is literally the same issie Asians face when Westerners see all Asians as interchangeable. Well they're doing it to LatAm folks as well. Hell even the main actor of the show isn't a TRUE Puerto Rican. Nuyoricans are not TRUE Puerto Ricans. While they have Puerto Rican ancestry, culturally speaking, they're NOT Puerto Rican if they weren't raised on the island. If you are born in Harlem that makes you a New Yorker. Your parents MIGHT BE Puerto Rican, but you are not. Just as Puerto Ricans aren't Spaniards despite having Spanish ancestry, Nuyoricans are NOT Puerto Ricans.
So, a show about Reggaeton (which is mostly Puerto Rican... Spanish reggae from Panama was an influence, but true Reggaeton is Boricua) has ZERO Puerto Ricans behind cameras, a Nuyorican as lead, since the other two main characters aren't related to Puerto Rico at all... it makes no sense. I'm no fan of Reggaeton, but even I can acknowledge the bullshit behind this. The only reason I'm mentioning it, is because it was brought to my attention that a Mexican is the brains behind this series the writers are mostly black and they have a Panamanian or two on the writing team. One of the actors, Jordan Mendoza is also a consultant. He happens to be of Chinese, Filipino, and Spanish ancestry... but not Puerto Rican.
Where are all the social justice slacktivists that are supposed to defend minority voices? Why aren't they criticizing this injustice? Because they don't truly care about social justice. If they did, they'd be clamoring for more Boricua talent both in front of and behind the cameras.
But on the other hand at least they're being consistent on fucking up authenticity for the sake of tokenized faux diversity.
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