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EXCLUSIVE: Charisma Carpenter: "You Need To Get It Out That I'm A Proud Latina!"

Jul 21, 2011 11:19

EXCLUSIVE: Charisma Carpenter: "You Need To Get It Out That I'm A Proud Latina!"By Lee Hernandez | 07/20/2011 - 20:10 ( Read more... )

tv: ats, 2011, celebs: charisma carpenter, tv: btvs

Comments 7

sherrilina July 21 2011, 20:27:29 UTC

Oh wow, interesting! I had no idea she was of Spanish descent, I wonder where in Spain her grandfather's family was from? And I wonder if his family came over because of the Spanish Civil War in in the 1930s, or just the hard times before then?

Although I feel like she's more Hispanic than Latina, since as I understand it the Latina identity is more about the Americas and the melding of Spanish and indigenous culture, not just about Spanish culture? O_o I've heard before that some Latinos dislike being called Hispanic because of the connotations with Spain which they do not necessarily identify much with....cultural identity is such a complex subject!

Thanks for sharing!

xlivvielockex July 22 2011, 06:39:30 UTC

I actually wrote a huge post about this on Tumblr but I will copy/paste it here ( ... )

sherrilina August 19 2011, 03:34:01 UTC

Sorry this is so late, I've been meaning to answer this and it slipped through the cracks ( ... )

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xlivvielockex July 22 2011, 06:41:06 UTC

Yeah, it has actually annoyed me a bit that she was coded as white in the series but after talking to eleusis_walks about it, it would make skeevy race issues in BTVS/ATS even worse if she was Hispanic and she lost all her money/prestige/etc. To my knowledge she has always played white but it would be nice to see her in something that plays up either her Hispanic or Cherokee heritage.

sherrilina August 19 2011, 03:42:57 UTC

But why shouldn't she be coded as white for the Hispanic part of her heritage at least, if it's just a grandfather born in Spain? (Leaving the Cherokee part aside for a moment). For all we know "Cordelia's" relatives in Spain lived an upper-middle-class white lifestyle (since they'd probably be coded as white there), and then her grandfather moved to the US for business which her mother or father or whatever continued, providing that life for Cordy....

IDK, all these categories are so complicated...O_o

ever_neutral July 22 2011, 05:44:45 UTC

Ooh, this is great. Thanks!

xlivvielockex July 22 2011, 06:41:50 UTC

You are most welcomed. :)