Hispanic Caucus Seeks to Edit PBS Documentary

It doesn't matter what you do nowadays, if you don't include the requisite percentage of each racial group, somebody will get mad:

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined a campaign to include Hispanics in an upcoming PBS documentary on World War II, vowing to "put the squeeze" on top public television executives.

"We're very much concerned about the lack of Hispanics in the documentary," Chairman Joe Baca (D-Calif.) said. "That's appalling. That's a no-no to us."

The Hispanic Caucus and other Latino interest groups have been troubled that the 14-hour series -- "The War," by renowned filmmaker Ken Burns and scheduled for broadcast in September -- features no Hispanics, even as it highlights African-Americans and Japanese-Americans. They note that 500,000 Latinos served in World War II.

Personally, I don't care if Burns includes Eskimos and Maasai Tribesmen; I'm just glad to hear he's making a WWII documentary. I really liked what he did with "Baseball" and "The Civil War", and if the same quality of work goes into "The War", it will be something special.