Title: Latino Portrayals In The Media
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Content: This percentage is also following a downward trend which is especially noticeable in the Prime Time Television shows. 11 Findings also unveiled that “Hispanics are virtually absent as characters in the entertainment media and as correspondents and anchors in news media. 12 This can be best demonstrated by the following video clip in which Latino media producers responded to the question if Latinos were well-represented in Boston's local main-stream media: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mVnESHri3GY . When Latinos are actually present in different forms of media a very consistent type of Latino is portrayed. Usually it is a person who has darker features, tanner skin, and an accent. The quest for a heterogeneous type of Latino completely overlooks the diversity that is included under the umbrella term. The lack of range in how Latinos are presented phenotypically also helps to polarize the community by showing usually either rich Latinos or poor Latinos. This phenomenon is reminiscent of the movie A Day Without a Mexican in which everyone who was from Latino descent disappeared. There was no recognition of different cultures, traditions, languages, and beliefs.