And as a white woman I was very nervous about talking about that. So I talked to a lot of my friends who are biracial to get their opinions. A friend of mine is a professor of Chicano studies at Cal State Northridge in L.A., and I had a lot of meetings and conversations with her. She was really helpful. I just wanted to explore it as sensitively as possible but at the same time shine a light on it as well. I tried very, very hard to make sure that Joaquin was represented as accurately as possible.
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