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  • The Rape of Rita Hayworth: The WB Network, Hispanic Racism, and "Authentic Learning"

    10/14/2003 12:45:53 PM PDT · by mrustow · 158 replies · 2,191+ views
    A Different Drummer ^ | 15 October 2003 | Nicholas Stix
    As I write this column, a bit of harmless, racist, fluff is transpiring on the TV screen: The Hispanic Day Parade. A celebration of Latin "pride." The hosts are alleged journalists Jim Watkins, who is white, and Lolita Lopez, who is Hispanic, with Hispanic reporter Matt Garcia working the street (the announcers note that reporter Marysol Castro, who worked with Garcia in 2002, is on vacation in Costa Rica, or she’d be there, too). The parade this year was dedicated to the memory of Latin singer, Celia Cruz, who died on July 16 at the age of "around 79." Lolita...