It’s been eating at me for some time now, I don’t understand why, when given a platform to lift up and make positive statements about race and people in general, media people seem to believe that the only road left to them is the low road.
I see this almost everyday, whether it’s in the movies or television; the most successful people are those who choose to lampoon and debase people, all in the name of a cheap laugh or easy put down.
The "minstrel’ show mentality of these performers almost as offensive as those Latino and African-American performers who when given the opportunity to positively portray their communities generally refuse to connect those roles with their respective communities they, in the case of Latino actors adopt Anglo names, leaving one with the impression that if it’s positive it can’t be Latino; I realize I am painting with a broad brush, and for that I apologize, but it is time to call these people out and call a spade a spade.
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