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“‘I felt like Our Family Wedding was funny and had its bigger comedy moments, but, because of the underlying issues of race and this young couple being in love and having to deal with their families’ race issues, could also be really powerful and emotional,’ says Ferrera, who herself is of Honduran descent. ‘People have experienced this kind of thing. I have interracial-couple friends. I am in an interracial relationship. It just felt like a story that my generation could really relate to.’”