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]()
TREY ELLIS, NOVELIST, SCREENWRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT
![Sarah Seltzer]()
SARAH SELTZER, POP CULTURE WRITER
![Teddy Zee]()
TEDDY ZEE, PRODUCER
![Joe Holt]()
JOE HOLT, ACTOR
![Phoebe Robinson]()
PHOEBE ROBINSON, COMEDIAN
![J-L Cauvin]()
J-L CAUVIN, COMEDIAN
![Melissa Murray]()
![Russell Robinson]()
MELISSA MURRAY, BERKELEY LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND RUSSELL ROBINSON, BERKELEY LAW, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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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.