Our identity as Puerto Ricans was tied into a movie where both lead actors were white. My parents didn’t tell me that either. I had to find out on AMC that Natalie Wood was white, and I cried like a bitch that day. I felt robbed of something, as if a lie had been woven into the narrative of my Nuyorican identity. Why was a musical more important to have on a loop in our home but not an act of bravery in the name of a free Puerto Rico?
