Mainstream America’s understanding of Latinos is explored in Phillip Rodriguez’ documentary, “Brown is the New Green: George Lopez and the American Dream,” which airs Thursday, on PBS. The filmmaker brings into question the ‘one size fits all’ approach towards the Latino community and examines real questions, of the cultural understanding of the mainstream media, regarding the multi-cultural Latino community.
“Americans are in a collective state of confusion about Latinos,” Rodriguez said.
He’s not surprised. It starts with terminology. Most Latinos don’t call themselves Latino; they are more likely to identify themselves by their country of origin. Hispanic? That’s a term the federal government came up with for record keeping.
And it’s a myth, Rodriguez said, to consider Latinos a homogenous group.
“What are the commonalities between a member of the Cuban bourgeois who came here in 1959, and a peasant from Michoacan who came here yesterday?” he asked during a phone interview from Los Angeles, where he lives. “Other than language, and maybe Catholicism, I’m not sure there are many.”
Source: signonsandiego.com
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