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holybat:

reclaimingthelatinatag:

This is Princess Sofia. (No, not this one.) She’s a new Disney character who’s being hyped as the princess factory’s first Latina.

She’ll star in a Disney Channel movie on Nov. 18 before getting her own TV series in 2013. The plot is that Sofia (voiced by Ariel Winter, Alex Dunphy on Modern Family), must adjust to princess life after her mother (voiced by Sara Ramirez, Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy), marries a king.

Sofia’s heritage is being presented as a “matter-of-fact situation rather than an overt thing,” executive producer Jamie Mitchell said on a recent press tour. “She is Latina,” added Mitchell, after one reporter asked about Sofia’s mother’s darker skin.

While I think it’s great that we get more representation in the media, something about her look irks me out, as well as the ‘mother’s darker skin’ comment. While I acknowledge that Latin@s come in all colours and shades, does it not bother anyone else that our first Latina princess seems a bit whitewashed?

Thoughts?

EDIT: I’d also like to point out that she will be voiced by a non Latina, Ariel Winter.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT DISNEY

FIRST LATINA PRINCESS HAS TO BE BLUE EYED AND LIGHT HAIRED????

WHY. THE FUCK.

COULDN’T THEY AT LEAST BOTHER TO MAKE HER HAIR BLACK/DARK BROWN OR HER EYES BROWN INSTEAD OF BLUE?

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.

THIS IS WHY MY SIBLINGS AND MY MOTHER GREW UP FEELING UGLY.

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  1. quisqueyameetsborinken reblogged this from reclaimingthelatinatag
  2. sweetuncompromisingview reblogged this from redefiningbodyimage and added:
    HOLY CRAP! REALLY!?!??!?!?!?!??!?! She looks...like me, Princess Lauren, white
  3. glassaquarium reblogged this from djcagedbird and added:
    I never would have guessed she was “latina”, for the love of god she wouldn’t even pass for a porteña…
  4. evelastina reblogged this from caligaes and added:
    looks literally white, even if she were half latina she looks full white. wtf is this
  5. nowomanisawhore reblogged this from laurachavela and added:
    What the actual fuck. Yes, there are “white” Latinas, but it’s kind of obvious that Disney is just trying to earn bonus...
  6. jackieisgreat reblogged this from claravoyant
  7. jbarri reblogged this from hnknta and added:
    why? why? why? O_o
  8. suavishretention reblogged this from miss-vandalia and added:
    Indeed it is! Disney sort of implies that she’s Hispanic, what with the way they’re playing up the innovative aspect of...
  9. miss-vandalia reblogged this from suavishretention and added:
    All technicality aside, that’s...massive cop out on their part.
  10. spreadbodylove reblogged this from fuckyeahbodypositivity
  11. maggiemunkee reblogged this from toofatfortv and added:
    O______________O
  12. unicornsmayonnaise reblogged this from captain-bubblebeard
  13. captain-bubblebeard reblogged this from malenkydevil
  14. fogo-av reblogged this from lati-negros and added:
    She’s white. Not that latin@s can’t be white pero like… I think the purpose of having a Latina princess is lost. She’s...
  15. notdelilahnotkelsey reblogged this from redefiningbodyimage
  16. laurachavela reblogged this from dreaminginspanish and added:
    I know as Latin@s, we are a broad diversity in our looks. But COME ON! Blue eyes?!?!? Why is she so white-washed. There...
  17. dreaminginspanish reblogged this from lati-negros and added:
    Don’t know how I feel about this. Why is she so white though? You can’t just throw a Spanish name on character and call...
  18. djcagedbird reblogged this from reclaimingthelatinatag and added:
    A ‘bit’ whitewashed?
  19. lati-negros reblogged this from reclaimingthelatinatag
  20. dpig31 reblogged this from lerouxcrew and added:
    jajajaja last night I see the post where you say you’re half latina and I was thinking something fun to respond, but...
  21. green-street-politics reblogged this from chepomelapela
  22. exlyn reblogged this from claravoyant
  23. basedmcgoats reblogged this from platanos-fritos
  24. citlaltzin reblogged this from chepomelapela and added:
    …I can’t. This is ridiculous on so many levels. Disney really...to have problems...
  25. sure-on-this-shining-night reblogged this from schakall and added:
    all kinds of fail, disney
  26. queputa reblogged this from chepomelapela
  27. marianaa115 reblogged this from chepomelapela and added:
    I don’t want them to be all stereotypical about it but really? Is this really the best they could think of? JFC. And...
  28. snowedunder reblogged this from xiuhuitzilin
  29. aguitademamey reblogged this from tortasahogadas
  30. lerouxcrew reblogged this from sapphicmix and added:
    lmao no mames. q no saben q muchas de las gringas son una especie de Latina diferente — se llaman Latinas secretas....
  31. cuddlyirishfuck reblogged this from wandamaximoff
  32. sunnyarizona reblogged this from chepomelapela
  33. platanos-fritos reblogged this from tortasahogadas
  34. sapphicmix reblogged this from tortasahogadas and added:
    simon wey 90% de las mexicanas tenemos ojos verdes y peo cafe, osea ovbio super mil
  35. tortasahogadas reblogged this from mexicanprincessbrienne
  36. danzigwithwolves reblogged this from wandamaximoff
  37. wandamaximoff reblogged this from xiuhuitzilin

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