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I hope this blog stimulates discussion and interesting views. Let's start...
The idea for this blog came after I heard a radio talk-show introduce a Hispanic political commentator with Mariachi music and thought, "hmm, why are they playing Mariachi music? Is country music played when someone from the South is featured on the radio? Or Hip-Hop music when an African-American commentator is introduced? Is it because they are trying to tell the listening audience something about this commentator? Why? Because she was Hispanic?"

The more I thought about it the more I realized that we are treated differently simply because we are Hispanic. Politicians get out their High School Spanish to "wow" us with their bilingual prowess and to tell us they are "one of us." But why? Why speak to us in Spanish? Don't WE speak English?

Well, I'll stop here and let others continue. These are just some thoughts to get the discussion started...

This is an example of what I'm talking about, http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ywnl3gYvBCc