the students that "Republicans hate Latinos.”" Tom Horne, the then-Tuscon Unified School District Superintendent, was angered when he heard of the speech and went to John Huppenthal, a state Senator at the time, to see about canceling the program. At the same time, we all knew that had our movies failed, our efforts could have very well been pushed back to square one. Minorities have always faced the unfair burden of absolute success, because failure meant our whole community was unworthy of opportunity at all. For the longest time, the decision makers in Hollywood have chosen to whitewash or erase any existence of minorities on screen rather than to actually represent the diverse reality of American society. The trickle down effect of that is undeniable, as ignorance and lack of awareness are fuel for misunderstanding, fear, and dismissal. one that ostensibly showed her husband Kanye West having a phone call with Taylor Swift about"Famous." For the first time in my life, I understood my identity was measured by its proximity to whiteness