HispanicBusiness: Top TV shows for Latinos in English

Hispanic Business does a fair treatment of top TV shows for Latinos in English in a July 3rd story. Here's a sample:

Top 10 English-language shows (June 25-July 1)

• 1. So You Think You Can Dance – 9 p.m. Wednesday (Fox), 4.1
  
• 1. Friday Night Smackdown (CW), 4.1
  
• 1. Hell's Kitchen (Fox), 4.1
  
• 4. So You Think You Can Dance – Thursday (Fox), 4.0
  
• 5. America's Got Talent (NBC), 3.4
  
• 6. So You Think You Can Dance – 8 p.m. Wednesday (Fox), 3.2
  
• 6. Family Guy – Monday (Fox), 3.2
  
• 8. George Lopez (ABC), 3.1
  
• 8. The Simpsons (Fox), 3.1
  
• 8. CSI: NY (CBS), 3.1

Source: Hispanic Business

I think it fundamental for Latino empowerment in this country that corporate America and the political leadership fundamentally understands that Hispanics are part of this country and do participate in English, in addition to Spanish.

It's a tragedy that whenever the press mentions "Latinos" many organizations in the news media jump to use the terms "Spanish-speakers" and "immigrants" as synonyms.

It's fitting that on the 4th of July that I'm writing this again: LATINOS ARE AMERICANS!

The story from Hispanic Business mentions a new movement to force Nielsen to recruit more US-born Latinos into its sample so that its research can reflect the true experience of Latinos in the United States. The movement is called Help Change TV and can be found at www.HelpChangeTV.com

Let me know what you think.