You sound like a conservative. Tell us how you really feel.
Lol
Why on earth would you think I'm a conservative? You can check my post history if it interests you that much.
I'm brown as fuck, people mistaken me for being Indian (from India; even had instances with Indians speaking to me in Hindi, lol) or Phillipino - but I am of Mexican origin attending one of the most ethnically/racially diverse colleges in the US. And that's simply what I see - most people who use the term are usually left-leaning political activists.
If I went to my mother saying the word, she would literally say - "que?!" Or to all my Mexican/Guatemalan co workers will say the same thing. It's simply not a thing with them/they don't know it exists.
But on topic, as I don't want to digress. I don't know much about her or her work as an actress. I know a little from a tv show she's in, that's all. But from what I'm reading from the opening post, the critisism against her Is warranted.
I don't think she has ill intent, but i think she and a whole lotta Latinos like to gloss over Brown/Black or even in between (think of someone that looks like her but darker) Latinos as if they don't exist.
Just look at the twitter photo that you posted. Most of those women are either white or fairly skin- looking. Most of the representation that many Latin American countries like to project to themselves and to the rest of the world is of fair skin/white complexion. Yet a simple google search of each Latin American country, with few exceptions (Argentina, Costa Rica, Chile, Uruguay) show a much different (darker) complexion/ racial makeup of the country.
It is a problem that has to be addressed within the community, as many know as a dark little secret, despite our incredible diverse racial makeup/ancestry, we tend to favor paleness/white skin/ Europeanness over Native American/African features/ancestry.