¿Y Por Qué Tiene que Ser Lesbiana?

He aquí una prueba más de que lo mucho que los americanos en realidad desconocen a los latinos. Tristemente esa ignorancia se ve reflejada en los papeles que los actores latinos reciben siendo estos desde el pandillero estúpido hasta la latina ardiente. Incapaces de entendernos incluso el latino parece mostrar una fuerte tendencia a ser homosexual en las películas. El más reciente caso es el personaje Santana López (noten la torpeza de los autores de la serie al nombrar a este personaje usando un apellido) de la serie Glee quien se revela en la tercer temporada como lesbiana. En sí eso no tiene nada de malo. Lo que sí sorprende es que la mayor parte del tiempo son los latinos quienes interpretan estos roles y no  miembros de otras minorías.

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Melissa V. said…
OMG! I just realize that, It have never cross my mind and is true there is always some Latin who play any role that involves being gay or any minority role. Not also that in reality when I went to Houston I was surprised because most of the Latin people I saw were the Housekeeping, or waiters or the people who are in stores. It's so sad but that's how it is :(
July 27, 2012 at 5:15 AM
Luis Bermudes said…
That situation will change as more andmore Latinos begin to have better jobs.
July 28, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Anonymous said…
porque Glee es una muy muy muy muy muy (...) muy mala serie y adora a Satan =(
...y como former misfit teenager, no me representa en lo absoluto

Atte. GQ
January 2, 2013 at 3:34 PM
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