Bill Maher rips Lin-Manuel Miranda for ‘In the Heights’ diversity apology: ‘This is why people hate Democrats’

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“I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.

“I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy.

“But I think that it’s time to recognize like sometimes when people are mad on the internet, you need to identify who is mad, do they vote, do they have power, do they have the power to vote on things that could change these real lived experiences of communities of color.

I understand this, but at some point, people are going to have to stand up to these bullies because that’s what it is! It’s bullying.

The “Real Time” host continued, “I mean, he’s a Latino making a Latino movie with a Latino cast — not good enough! Nothing is ever good enough for these people! They’re like children.

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