New Images on Chicanos On TV
On this May 1st, May Day, the international day of the worker I just have a few observations and comments. First there are a lot of images of Chicanos On TV and specifically Mexicans On TV. However, the images coming out of Mexico and Mexico City are not positive. They are of sick Mexicans, dying Mexicans and Mexicans wearing masks because of the recent and current outbreak of the swine flu. Not the best images of us on TV, but images of us nonetheless. And to put a positive spin on this, maybe bad publicity is still publicity. Like I told people, this Cinco de Mayo everyone in the world will think of Mexico although for the wrong reasons.
The other comment I had was that today they are having marches in LA. That is the good news. The bad news is that there will be about a dozen different marches. I know people have the right to demonstrate. But this is ridiculous. Talk about divide and conquer. Talk about splitting the groups of several years ago. Why do we always have too many chiefs and not enough Indians? How does this send a unified voice? How will anyone take us seriously? Which is also why we have virtually no Chicanos On TV. How can we keep one unified voice?
The other comment I had was that today they are having marches in LA. That is the good news. The bad news is that there will be about a dozen different marches. I know people have the right to demonstrate. But this is ridiculous. Talk about divide and conquer. Talk about splitting the groups of several years ago. Why do we always have too many chiefs and not enough Indians? How does this send a unified voice? How will anyone take us seriously? Which is also why we have virtually no Chicanos On TV. How can we keep one unified voice?
Frank R. Castillo ©
2009
