Sometime last week a thread was exposed on Twitter by a woman expressing her confusion on how no one pointed out Hilaria Baldwin, the wife of actor Alec Baldwin has dedicated herself to a fake Spanish accent for years without repercussions.After this thread was exposed the internet went crazy and everyone started asking questions. As a result, Baldwin was seriously under fire and her past has been continuously brought up until she released a statement stating she is in fact, white.
Now, Spanish or Latin women have been sexualized for generations and loss several opportunities in the workplace over their accent or heritage. Nevertheless, they stay proud of their culture and fight against these oppression policies; however, people like Hilaria are benefiting off this Spanish accent and profiting this accent to make it into a career. Now, people can chime in and state that we do not know for certain she is not from Spain. Though, multiple accounts throughout the years whether through the news or television appearances she has always stated in some form that she is either from Spain or has a connection in some form.
She has maintained this persona that she crafted by learning the Spanish Language, always implying she has some connection to Spain, or naming her children Spanish names. A name could a name; however, if you are playing into this persona of course it will be detrimental if you give your child a Spanish name without any significant ties. Names hold power whether you would acknowledge it or not. Additionally, Hilaria is a white woman pretending to be a Spanish woman and that is simply unacceptable. Spanish women are not a profit or another person to walk all over to reach status in the workforce or in this case Hollywood.
Hilaria Baldwin and the some of the Baldwin family adamantly tried to deny such defaming allegations, yet it shows how people are willing to ignore the grotesque policies Hiaria is doing to profit over the Spanish culture. The fact that she is a white woman and acknowledge her origin is in Boston and her parents are white professors. Another case of white people benefiting over minority groups is like Rachel Dolezal who infamously claimed she was black and appropriated black culture.
So, calling out the hypocrisy in celebrities is not a bad thing and informing the public on why these practices are harmful produces a conversation that lets people get educated in such manners so these incidents won't repeat.
