The problem of cornering Latinx authors in discussing crime

There is a common theme throughout Hollywood and popular American culture as a whole that depicts and encourages Latinx storytellers to depict a life of crime and struggle that differentiates them from their white counterparts. This creates an additional level of separation between the ethnic groups in America and reinforces the stereotypes that are in place. This is problematic for a number of reasons, primarily that it erases the stories of Latinx individuals that grow up in lives without struggle. In essence the Latin Americans become typecast. This is most evident the long poem "The Contract Says: We'd Like the Conversation to be Bilingual". There are a number of lines and quotes from this poem that highlight this idea perfectly and showcase the exact issue I have brought up. "Do you have any poems that speak to troubled teens? Bilingual is best.". This line in the poem shows that the people organizing the event do not care about the actual story that Ada Limon might tell, but the one that they want to hear. This coupled with the line "Don't read the one where you are just like us' and 'Tell us the one about you father stealing hubcaps", reinforce the idea that the people in power want a very specific type of play. Much in the same way in Hollywood, the funders of literature want to show the differences between the groups of people in the country and push their agenda of Latinos being criminals and the other. This mindset and censoring of genuine art will inevitably, if not checked by others, lead to further generations of misunderstanding and hate that will plague the country. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/nov/14/why-are-half-of-latino-immigrant-tv-characters-portrayed-as-criminals . The link I added is an article speaking about the situation in Hollywood that connect to those in Literature as well. There are also a few questions that I had

Why do you think Hollywood and Publishing executives like to push forward this agenda, what do they gain from this and how does it detract from the Latinx canon?

Is there a way to shift the narrative and convince the people in power to tell a different story, what would this look like, and would the endeavor be profitable and viable?