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...characters are still just that, history--Freddie Prinze's Chico, Desi Arnaz's Ricky Ricardo--even though Latinos are America's fastest-growing minority, now roughly equal in number to African Americans. The disparity is not new, but it has never been so embarrassingly glaring. According to the 2000 Census, Hispanic Americans number 35 million, or 12.5% of the population, a nearly 58% jump since 1990. But on TV? A report by the advocacy group Children Now found that in prime time, the number of Hispanic characters dropped since last season, from 3% to 2%. (Blacks make...
...these successes, and the Census figures, are not reflected in the fall schedules unveiled last week, in which Latino actors are few and characters fewer. Network diversity executives insist that they're trying. H. Mitsy Wilson of Fox cites the network's outreach to minority groups and says, "Our goal is to place Hispanic writers on all shows." Says CBS senior vice president/diversity Josie Thomas: "We're working on it. There are opportunities for guest stars, recurring roles are still open. This isn't the end of the story...
Although there has been recent furor over recently-released Census Bureau statistics revealing that fewer than 25 percent of American households are nuclear families, what has been overshadowed is the more important fact that for the first time that the number of nuclear families has been exceeded by the number of Americans living alone. Harvard graduates are leaving Harvard to enter into an increasingly atomized and individualized world...
...extent that Harvard students forget about the rewards that come from basic human interaction, not money or fame, they will have lost something of greater value than their Harvard diploma can earn them. The census conclusions should remind us to step back and reconsider our life goals. The seniors who will soon be graduating will enter a world where not every achievement can (or should) be listed on a resume...
MOMMY, I'M HOME As the economy slows, more adults are living with their parents. According to the Census, 18 million Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 now do so. Figures from the University of North Texas show that 66% of those between 19 and 24 are living at home, compared to 50% in 1980. The figure for those between 25 and 34 jumped to 17.5%, from...