The
New York Times solicits
eight opinions on the burning issue of the day "Whitewashing on the Small Screen." You see, HBO's new non-hit sit-com "Girls" has four white actresses playing the four titular girls. [See, earlier
TREY ELLIS, NOVELIST, SCREENWRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT
SARAH SELTZER, POP CULTURE WRITER
TEDDY ZEE, PRODUCER
JOE HOLT, ACTOR
PHOEBE ROBINSON, COMEDIAN
J-L CAUVIN, COMEDIAN
MELISSA MURRAY, BERKELEY LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND RUSSELL ROBINSON, BERKELEY LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
MELISSA SILVERSTEIN, WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD
But, where is the diversity among the debating diversitoids? I see five blacks, two Jewish women, and, mirabile dictu, one Asian dude. But why is the vibrant 50,000,000+ Hispanic Latino/Latina community flagrantly excluded from the debate? It's almost as if nobody particularly cares about them. The New York Times should have a debate over the lack of diversity in this debate. I see the opportunity for an infinite regress coming on.