Lin-Manuel Miranda has issued an apology for In the Heights’ lack of Afro-Latinx representation in lead roles.
“What would you say to folks who say that In the Heights privileges white-passing and light-skinned Latinx people?” she asked.
Chu responded: “I think that was something we talked about and I needed to be educated about, of course.
“I can hear the hurt and frustration over colourism, or feeling still unseen in the feedback,” he wrote in a statement.
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