Roma star Yalitza Aparicio has said that she is proud of her roots, a day after a fellow countryman used a racial slur to describe her. Actor Sergio Goyri, best known for starring in various soap operas in Mexcio, had criticised the Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for nominating "a f***ing Indian who says, 'Yes, ma'am, no, ma'am'", in an apparent reference to Aparicio.

According to IndieWire, Aparicio, 25, released a brief statement in response to Goyri's criticism. "I am proud to be an Oaxacan indigenous woman and it saddens me that there are people who do not know the correct meaning of words," the actor said.