Dascha Polanco Says Hollywood Wants 'Fake Latinas' | HuffPost Entertainment - Action News
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Posted: 2017-06-15T13:43:24Z | Updated: 2017-06-15T13:43:24Z

Dascha Polanco of the prison drama Orange Is the New Black says shes been confined off-screen by Hollywoods attitude toward Latina actresses.

In an interview with Vivala posted this week, the Dominican-American said she has felt expectations to conceal her Afro-Latina features and was even told she looked too Latina for a Latina role.

We have to be fake Latinas, Polanco said. And heres the thing about fake Latinas when you look at Latinas who are succeeding in Hollywood, theyre super thin and you really cant tell if shes Latina or not.