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National Hispanic Media Coalition Blasts Acting Coach For Advising Student To Pose As Latina (tr)
Deadline ^ | February 27, 2018 | David Robb

Posted on 02/27/2018 6:57:40 PM PST by EdnaMode

Saying she should be “deeply ashamed of herself,” the head of the National Hispanic Media Coalition has called on renowned acting coach Lesly Kahn to meet with him to discuss an audio file that surfaced yesterday in which she can be heard telling a non-Hispanic student that she would have a better chance of landing an agent and acting gigs if she pretends to be Latina.

Kahn, who has apologized, went so far as to suggest that the young actress change her name to Rosa Ramirez and to get headshots to further advance the deception.

On the tape, Kahn told a class of acting students that the young woman should come with a Hispanic name “that will absolutely convince people that you’re Latin.”

The young woman told Kahn that she is Armenian – “100% Ashkenazi Jewish – but that she often gets mistaken for Hispanic.

(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; hispanic; hollywood; latino; latinos; leslykahn; nhmc; racism
Hollywood's push for affirmative action has gone too far.
1 posted on 02/27/2018 6:57:40 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

This is news? The only news here is that someone, in Hollywood no less, was concerned about authenticity.

Elizabeth Warren figured out that her path to career advancement was enhanced by appearing to be 1/32 (or zero) Native American Indian.


2 posted on 02/27/2018 6:59:50 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: EdnaMode

Acting , who needs it ,LOL


3 posted on 02/27/2018 6:59:54 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: EdnaMode

Direct result of George H.W. Bush’s plan to turn the USA into an Hispanic country.


4 posted on 02/27/2018 7:05:30 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: EdnaMode

The woman who played Vasquez in Aliens 2 II was telling a Hispanic woman who interviewed her that although she wasn’t Hispanic she played one because she was a character actor and the woman didn’t have a problem with it all.

Political Correctness will kill movies. They’re bad enough already.


5 posted on 02/27/2018 7:05:51 PM PST by sumuam
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To: EdnaMode

Leftist PC Hispanics, all in unison, shout out “KAHN”!!!!

In space, nobody gives a crap.


6 posted on 02/27/2018 8:07:23 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: EdnaMode

I remember several years ago there were reports of white people who wanted to work as news readers and couldn’t get hired. As soon as they changed their names to Latino sounding names, they were getting hired. The scandal wasn’t that non-Hispanic whites were getting discriminated against. No...the scandal was that these whites were taking jobs that Latinos were entitled to.


7 posted on 02/27/2018 8:29:31 PM PST by Nea Wood
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To: EdnaMode
So what if he did, White Hispanics go for White rolls whenever they think they can get the part, and I'm sure some acting coach or agent tells them to. No one bitches about that though because Whites can't be victims!
8 posted on 02/27/2018 8:37:22 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: EdnaMode

That’s why Elizabeth Warren claimed to be American Indian. She was in an acting class and the acting coach told her she could better roles as a native American.


9 posted on 02/27/2018 8:42:38 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: EdnaMode

Hollywood is all phony anyway so be a meskin if you want to.


10 posted on 02/27/2018 8:43:45 PM PST by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: Nea Wood

It’s infuriating that some people think it’s okay to discriminate against white people.


11 posted on 02/27/2018 8:50:36 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Terry Mross

Haha. She’s a terrible actress. :D


12 posted on 02/27/2018 8:51:30 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

That’s weird. I never heard anything about this from the National Caucasian Media Coalition.


13 posted on 02/27/2018 9:14:26 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: EdnaMode

Or she could pretend to be Native American and change her name to Elizabeth Warren.


14 posted on 02/27/2018 9:31:49 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: EdnaMode

What’s the National Hispanic Media Coalition?


15 posted on 02/27/2018 10:12:57 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: EdnaMode

Paging Geraldo Rivera....


16 posted on 02/27/2018 11:01:03 PM PST by LimitedPowers (Citizenship is not a Hate Crime!)
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To: EdnaMode

“It’s infuriating that some people think it’s okay to discriminate against white people”

Its ok because if white people cant get a job, they will just create a business


17 posted on 02/28/2018 4:29:34 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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