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Before people in this topic let the TC bait them any harder, the "white people" being talked about are literal Mexicans in Mexico and the controversy is around the long history of how "dark" vs "light" Latinos are cast. This is an entirely different argument from the one the TC was aiming for with the bait:

While most American audiences see Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as a win for Black and Latino communities with the introduction of underwater king Namor played by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta Meja the reaction in Mexico has been much bumpier. Last month, newscasters for Mexicos ADN40 channel complained that the movies focus on darker-skinned Latino actors is a form of discrimination against white Latinos.

The only thing they achieve is to separate people more, said host Vaitiare Mateos in Spanish. The people in a production must be selected for their talent and not for their skin color.

For centuries, colorism, or the discrimination against those with darker skin tones within the same group, has haunted Latino communities across the Americas. The echoes of the Spanish caste system still impact everything from health outcomes to job opportunities. That violent history is something that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tries to address; the characters portrayed by Latinos are intended to be Mesoamerican and thats key to the story, which grapples with the horrors of colonialism.