Stereotypes dominate U.S. views of Latinos

“When Mexican-American professor William Anthony Nericcio started teaching Latin American literature in the United States he wanted to remove the Latino stereotypes from the minds of his students.

But as time went by the chair of English at San Diego State University fell in love with the images created in films, cartoons and advertising.

From Hollywoods Hispanic American sex goddess Rita Hayworth to the little mouse and cartoon hero Speedy Gonzalez, the icons are listed, examined and deconstructed in Nericcios book “Tex-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the Mexican in America.”"

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