New Channel Aimed At Latino Millennials Too White
By Huffington Post Latino Voices
Prince criticized Fusion, the new joint venture from Univision and ABC News, for hiring a predominantly fair-skinned cast for its new morning show in a piece published Wednesday on the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education’s website. Prince hammered Fusion particularly hard for failing to hire any Afro-Latinos for on-air positions.
“The new Fusion network, aimed at English-speaking Latino millennials, is following in the footsteps of its Spanish-language counterparts and so far is featuring only light-skinned Hispanics,” Prince wrote.
Media critic Arlene Davila used blunter terms in her criticism:
Check out the White world of ABC/Univisions Fusion show supposedly targeting “Latino millennial s”- Is this a joke? http://t.co/FMRfASBdel
— Arlene Davila (@arlenedavila1) October 15, 2013
It may be a little early to rush to judgment — the critics were responding to selection for one show. “The Morning Show” will be hosted by Brazilian journalist Pedro Andrade, Venezuelan reporter Mariana Atencio and Greek-American comedian Yannis Pappas.
This article was originally published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
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