Reality show about the wealthy triggers backlash in Mexico

A new Netflix reality series following the lavish lives of nine wealthy, light-skinned socialites in Mexico City has provoked a backlash from critics who say it's tone-deaf in a country where most have darker skin and about half the population lives in poverty.

"Trash," ''filth," ''pathetic," ''classist," were some of the more polite adjectives Twitter users employed to describe their reaction to the show, "Made in Mexico."
"More than money, the colour of one's skin is definitive ... for whether one is accepted or not among the 'rich boys and girls.'"
But Hanna Jaff, a 30-year-old, San Diego-born Mexican philanthropist, speaker and human rights activist, told The Associated Press that she and the other cast members are representative of Mexico as family people with different backgrounds and professions and "our own problems within our circumstances."
"I wanted the world to see a different Mexico, from a different point of view," Jaff said. "I think there will always be negative and positive people, no? ... And in truth, the program is not a stereotype."
"These 'new rich' are totally aspirational, even though they are criticized," Loaeza said. "Many people aspire to dress like them, to spend holidays in Acapulco and drive a BMW."