While some members of the “In the Heights” cast like Leslie Grace, who plays Nina, identify as Afro-Latino, critics of the film noted that the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the film is set, has large population of Afro-Latinos with darker skin. Yet in the movie, such residents are only seen as extras and background dancers while the main roles of the film went to Latino actors with lighter skin. Some also pointed out that the film adaptation, which Miranda produced and co-wrote with “In the Heights” playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes, removes a subplot from the original musical that tackles the issue of colorism and prejudice against Afro-Latinos and Blacks in the larger Latino community. In the subplot, Nina’s father Kevin butts heads with his taxi company’s dispatcher Benny over his attempts to go out with Nina, seeing the Black man as an outsider to the barrio.