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UCLA Class Analyzes Rise of “Hegemonic Humor” - (aka anti-Latino humor)

Posted on: December 12th, 2007
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Language Issues ] [ Eye Openers ]
Tags: activist, Professor, UCLA
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Latino activists say there has been an increase in anti-Latino humor on mainstream TV, moving the rhetoric from the fringes of political debate to front and center. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports on a UCLA professor who’s devoting a class to what’s called “hegemonic humor.”"*