The mass media of news and entertainment is ideally a reflecting pool where society can revel in its own image, but Latinos in the US have to look long and hard to see themselves, and when they do, it’s a distorted picture. The lack of consistent and accurate portrayals of Latinos and their lives on […]
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The Banality of Devious Maids
By now you’ve heard about the controversy over Devious Maids, a pastiche of a Mexican telenovela and Desperate Housewives, the primary vehicle for executive producer Eva Longoria, emerging Latina venture philanthropist. Clearly the set-up is problematic, since it involves a cast of five Latina maids, and domestic work is obviously a way that Latin@s are stereotyped. One […]
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