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Castillo captured their descent on film, compelled by each tile’s momentary transformation into something vivid and alive just before its demise.

First, it was the racist backlash to the casting of actor Rachel Zegler, who is of Colombian descent on her mother’s side, as the titular character who canonically had “skin as white as snow.”

The “Only Murders in the Building” and “Emilia Pérez” star, who is of Mexican descent on her father’s side, posted a since-deleted video on Instagram in which she sobbed over the U.S.

Yang, who is the first cast member of Asian American descent on "SNL," has received four Emmy nominations since coming on the show, with three of those in the category for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series.

If she moves on to the November runoff and beats De León, she will be the first person of Filipino descent on the council.