““I get so petrified … talking about equal pay, especially when you look at the intersectional aspect of it,” she said at the time. “White women get paid more than black women, and black women get paid more than Asian women, Asian women get paid more than Latina women, and it’s like a very scary space to step into.”
Her comments were slammed and Rodriguez joined SiriusXM’s Sway in the Morning to speak with hosts Sway Calloway and Tracy G. to promote her latest film, Miss Bala, and to clear the air.
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The actresses comments about racial pay disparities were slammed as “anti-black” and the Jane the Virgin star continues to take heat.
Rodriguez called for unity during her interview Wednesday — which she did not qualify — between blacks and Hispanics in light of an American social hierarchy she described as “intersectional.”
“The last thing I want to do is put two underrepresented groups against each other,” said Rodriguez. “Our unification is what is our rise. Our unification is what’s going to allow both of our communities to continue to flourish.”
Earlier in the interview, Rodriguez said, “As we all know, here in America, to assimilate is to hopefully not be targeted.”
In November of 2018, Rodriguez joined actresses Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Saldana, and America Ferrera in the streets of Miami to campaign for then-Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL). Despite using Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign — “Si se puede” and “Yes we can” — to rally Floridians, Nelson was defeated by then-Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL).
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