Non Sense Opinion About The George Lopez Show Cancellation

Filed in archive Latin Culture , Latin Television on May 23, 2007

A comment in my post The George Lopez Show Canceled - Race Issues? says:

Articles/Blogs such as these would only be written by a person who is not Latino/a. It was canceled due to racism. They want all T.V in America to be White.

First of all, I'm Latina - as Latina as any Latin person could be. I was born and raised in Latin America, and I'm living in Latin America right now.

Second of all, what this commenter is saying is this: if you don't think the george lopez show was canceled due to racism, you're not Latino. Where's the sense on that? You must see racism everywhere in order to be Latino? If I have a different opinion, my heritage and my background are automatically wiped off?

Maybe what this person is saying is it's impossible to a Latino/a not to see racism in this matter; if you think the show was canceled mostly because of financial issues, then you must be non-Latino. That makes even less sense. I may be right or wrong about this, but I'm entitled to have my own opinion. As everybody else does, Latino or not.

Third and last, I don't like the "Us x Them" mentality. That's the kind of thinking that leads countries, governments and tribes to war. Sure, there's a lot of racists and stupid people out there. But the kind of thinking displayed in this comment is just another expression of racism - against non-Latinos.

I'm a White (Caucasian) Latina. What about that? If I was in a television show, I would be a part of "White television"? Do you think I'm not Latina because my skin is white?

Racism has many faces, indeed. None of them makes any sense.