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And if Alonso, a Howard University graduate, didn't see his two worlds overlapping in real life, he certainly didn't see it onscreen. Hollywood often represents Latinos as looking like Jennifer Lopez, Sofia Vergara, or George Lopez.

But on The Mysteries of Laura, Alonso gets a chance to flex his cultural background — his character will even slip into Spanish when the case he's investigating calls for it.

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Soto's heritage has yet to be explained or examined on the show — though later in this second season, viewers will meet his mother and dive more into his life. Even more powerful than the fact that this character exists is the fact that there's never been a quizzical reaction moment; there's no "How's a black guy like you speak fluent Spanish?" at all.

Soto just is who he is and in the process, he helps represent a more diverse part of New York that we hardly ever see on TV or in film.

"[Hollywood] is becoming aware that these actors exist; they're not just lumping all Latinos in