NuevoMundo: Enough, Already! - Hispanic Heritage Month is as condescending as Black History Month, only a week longer. (concering the usage of Hispanic)

“Thank goodness Hispanic Heritage Month is almost over. There is only so much contrived celebration anyone can handle. The four weeks between September 15 and October 15 are on the scale of a massive obligatory Thanksgiving Day dinner that leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.

The annual celebration of my people is like a wax chocolate cake. Old-guard mass media and some school systems once again acknowledge that Martin Sheen is really Martí­n Estevez, that there’s salsa you can dance to and salsa you can eat. Poets hit the stage (Sandra Marí Esteves at Springfield Technical Community College on Sept. 28), writers are invited to speak (Alberto Sandoval Sánchez at Mount Holyoke College on Oct. 2), and mucho, mucho más.”

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