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...Jennifer: But its Latino-stereotype bad guy is going to make some people very angry. They may have tried to balance it with Shaft's sidekick, Carmen Vasquez, but she's played by Vanessa Williams, and aside from her name there's nothing particularly Latina about her - unlike the bad guy Peoples, who is a screamingly camp, caricatured Dominican drug dealer. But when the original came out you didn't have the culture jam-packed with images of black athletes, actors and musicians defining what was cool. Back then, the very fact of having an aggressive, rebellious, stylish, smart black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Our Duty to Pooh-Pooh This PC-Plagued 'Shaft' | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...SKIPPER FOR VEEP Barbie for President, back on the campaign trail after eight years, hits Toys "R" Us next week. Something about the doll (there are Latina and black versions) put us in mind of other political dolls. Next up: Malibu Hillary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollitics | 5/1/2000 | See Source »

...stories. "I like salsa, merengue, cumbia and even flamenco and tango--the older, formal music. I like these rhythms because you can dance close, suavecito, and talk to the chica. You ask questions -- What's your name? Where are you from? Where do you work? If she's not Latina, why does she like el ritmo Latino...

Author: By Tim Warren, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Working to Seguir: Luis Alberto | 12/9/1999 | See Source »

...Bring home a Latina woman," his parents...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Interracial Dating | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Judy Chapa, director of Hispanic affairs for the Republican National Committee, recounted that often when she speaks to groups of Latina women, one will approach her afterwards and say, "Maybe I am Republican and I just don't know...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel: Latinos Will Form Swing Vote | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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