The new movie musical “In the Heights” was celebrated for its joyous depiction of a Latin American neighborhood in New York City. But it’s also been criticized for failing to represent the Afro-Latinos who actually live there.
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans weighs in on this and other media controversies.
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