Gina Rodriguez has issued an apology following a controversial video.
"The black community was the only community that I looked towards growing up. We didn't have many Latino shows, and the black community made me feel like I was seen," she said, crying.
"So to get anti-black is saying that I’m anti-family. My father is dark-skinned, he’s Afro-Latino," she continued."If anything, the black community is my community. As Latinos, we have black Latinos. That is what we are. I am not, so I think that when I speak about Latino advocacy people believe I only mean people of my skin color."
"If I have hurt you, I am sorry and I will always be sorry, but you have to know that, until you know my heart, there’s no way that we can live off clickbait, you guys," Rodriguez said at the time."You are allowed to feel pain and I empathize with your pain, and I’m sorry if I caused your pain because it is the last thing I want to do … We don’t need to fight each other and if I caused that notion, please forgive me because that is not my intent at all.
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