PBS's political correctness

Your overall point has merit Rod, but no Hispanics in Sacramento?

"That pro-atheism documentary PBS is set to air soon -- on what grounds would PBS reject the demand by Catholics and Evangelicals that they be given air time to rebut that film's viewpoint?" They probably wouldn't, for fear of religious conservatives in Congress and Bill Donohue trying to cut off their funds. Or organize one of the religious right's infamous boycotts when they don't get their way.

I agree.

I disagree.

Just think about Rod's outrage if PBS and the Latino community did an even more the politically incorrect thing such as utilize public funds and to do their own documentary featuring Hispanic vets for any reason, any war. He would then be upset that they were using public funding for some "special interest or entitlement." It was probably safer to piggy back on somebody else's re"whiting" of history. Also, the Hispanics were not alone in this venture. The Native Americans were also upset at their exclusion from the movie.

Latinos, per capita, have won more medals of honor than any other ethnic group. It was the heavly Spanish speaking national guardsmen of Texas, New Mexico and California who were sent to train the Spanish speaking Philipinos that suffered the intitial Japaneese assult and eventual Bataan Death March. Whole male populations of military age Latino and Native American men were wiped out from pueblos across the Southwest because of this. Ken Burns is an artist of unquestioned ability and genious but in this particular time in history we want our surviving Brown Americans to be recognized for their heroic deeds. Had this special excluded white veterans what would have been the reaction? We have earned our rightful place to be recognize and don't want to be dismissed for what ever reason.

So, now, what, left-handed, one-legged, red-headed Jewish Lesbians are entitled to their own PBS special, too?