From March 19th, 2012 on ABC learned a little more about the Puerto Rican community and we expect that will be reflected in all future programing re: our community.
I know that many people have been wondering what has happened to the ABC struggle after the meeting held last week on march 19th?
I could not help but share this speech delivered on the House floor by Congressman Luis Gutierrez of the state of Illinois. Congressman Gutierrez has been a staunch advocate of immigration rights for Latinos and this short presentation on the House floor proves it. Congratulations Congressman, we applaud your grit! We will reach out to the Congressman so that he too could join Congressman Serrano & Velasquez demanding that ABC-TV apologize to the Puerto Rican & Latino community for their insulting joke: “I’m Puerto Rican, I would be great at selling Drugs.”
ESPN posted an article on line with a horrendous racial line: “Chink in The Armor” referring to the NY Knicks asian player, Lin who’s winning streak of seven games ended after Saturday’s loss.
Some people have asked if any of the Puerto Rican congress people have come out in support of this issue. The answer is Yes. The first elected officials to respond to the ABC-TV insulting joke were our two New York Boricua representatives in Congress, Nydia Velásquez and José Serrano.