Are Latinos Too Thin-Skinned?

Are Latinos Too Thin-Skinned?
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NATALIA RAMOS Twitter's brand marks are seen as background of the speakers during their press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Februrary 20, 2013. Twitter began hunting for clients in Brazil with an eye on the upcoming Fifa World Cup Brazil 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games 2016. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY NATALIA RAMOS Twitter's brand marks are seen as background of the speakers during their press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Februrary 20, 2013. Twitter began hunting for clients in Brazil with an eye on the upcoming Fifa World Cup Brazil 2014 and the Rio Olympic Games 2016. AFP PHOTO/Yasuyoshi CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

A long batch of tweets excoriating ESPN for broadcasting the World Baseball Classic in Spanish (though the preferred term was actually “Mexican”) and Justin Timberlake’s Hugo Chavez skit on "Saturday Night Live" prompted a newsroom discussion about whether we — Latinos — are too sensitive about the way we are depicted, or referred to, by non-Latino Americans.

It is not a new conversation. We’ve discussed it before in pop culture terms when we’ve discussed Sofia Vergara’s role in the television show “Modern Family,” Will Ferrell’s turn as a telenovela star in the comedic “Casa de mi Padre” or Jack Black’s interpretation of a luchador in “Nacho Libre.”

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