I recently told my boyfriend that I was thingking of posting my blog on how there is a major underrepresentation of latin americans in the media as compared to their actual representation in the population. His response was "they have their own channel!- what more do you want? It's true that they have several of their own channels as outlets for intertainment, and I'm glad they exist. However in my mind, this still shows a lack of integration of latin americans in american culture. Latin Americans make up 15% of the US population, and that is suppost to tripple by the year 2050. I currently go to school with and work with Latin Americans everyday. They make up an essential part of America's population and work force. There are some signs of more integration in the media that I think are signs of progression for Latin Americans. Recently while watching the Food Network I saw a commercial for a new show called "Mexican Made Easy". The host is Marcella Vallidolid. She prepares authentic mexican food in a simple manner. While many of her recipies are sometimes "Americanized" I think her show and her attitude are a great symbol of the progression of Latinos in the media. Here is the commercial featuring her show.
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I believe that there are many misinterpretations of all minorities in the media. Many of the representations are false and although we have our own television stations if we are going to be misrepresented than what good does that do for us. I disagree that this is a good thing because it's not. We need more positive images of minorities in the media and less violence.
ReplyDeleteIm happy they have a show for real hhispanic food, not some americanized guacamole version recipe. However, I get ery upset at the fact that most of the time its all about Mexican culture, recipes etc. Meaning that somehow we have all been categorized "as mexicans" something we been trying to correct for a long time. By doing so they ignored the ethnicity and culture all the latin countries. So eventhought it seems like a success we still all been categorized as one group with no differences.
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