“I don’t think Antonio Banderas qualifies as a person of color. AdvertisementOfficially, Banderas is designated as Hispanic or Latino by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Antonio Banderas as Salvador in “Pain and Glory.” (Manolo Pavón/Sony Pictures Classics)For Banderas, language has been a binding agent with his U.S. Latino and Latin American audiences, but not expressly so. Watch the trailer for “Desperado,” the Robert Rodriguez film starring Antonio Banderas. Hyphenated or compound terms for various ethnic, racial or color subgroups of Hispanic or Latino now flood the Internet.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 17:48 UTC