By the way, how can you expect people to like you when you support a racist.

We are all bozos on this bus together. Not all white people are republicans. So far I have watch all of George Lopez's shows and this last HBO show three times. George is first and foremost a brilliant entertainer. He is relevant and really funny and for me he is an educator. George's line "This is the way we learn." As a non-Latino he has made me aware of many different things about the Latin culture. I can't wait till this last show comes out on DVD so I can show it to my friends. Thank you George Lopez

I watched George's and some of his material was alittle tough but I understand as a Chicano. His comments about the republicans is some what true and some of those Senaters will lose their seats. The republicans do not want latinos in their party at this time. What they dont understand is Latinos want respect and we dont forget. We are proud just like any other American. Just a thought if your a republican. I dont agree all white folks are monolithic nor are all Latinos. We are all different but I have to agree with him on latinos speaking up. I bet you cant name one latino leader in this country and only three tv media personalities Soledad O'Brien Rick Sanchez and Gerado Rivera thats it and two of the three are half latino. With 45 million native born and legal latinos in this country thats it thats sad. We as a people keep quiet and mind our own business and when things or words are said about us in this great country we dont say a word. We even got pundits on tv who are not latino speaking for us. With that I agree with George we need more media folks who are latino. On Lou Dodds he needs to get his facts straight first of all the 12 million illegals are from all over the world believe it or not there are people in this country illegally from Ireland Russia the Far East Europe Africa South and Central America. Half the people crossing the Mexican Border are not even Mexican. They come from Central America where their economy is even worst then Mexico. Lou has convince everyone that all Latinos are Mexican and just got here. We are many nations and many cultures. My family came here in 1864. I was born and raise here bleed red white and blue served twenty years in Special Forces and retired honorably and now a successful businessman. I love this country and every color and culture in it but I understand George's frustration. We need leaders and the media to educate our country on the facts not racist rhetoric coming from some in the national media with an hatred toward hispanics. It remind me of the 80's when the problem for some was with the Asia Invasion if your old enough to remember. Every day in the news was about asian folks coming from China Japan overtaking California. That lasted for a decade. This country is changing the door is wide open and no one can change that but its a melting pot and for this reason is why we are a super power. People from all over the world making one nation. As for comment about someone's kids I have kids too and I know if a comic is going to be on HBO it is not for kids to see or hear. Its for grown folks. George Lopez in my book is awesome but please dont be so hard on white folks George we need our white friends as Kat Williams will tell you.

Normally I like GL, I used to watch his show, but I turned off his special after 10 minutes. It was like he was the Al Sharpton of comedy. This Latina thought it was stupid and offensive. He should have stuck to Chicano and not used the word Latino at all. The horrible stuff he said about white people isn't anything I can relate to and does not represent the experience of all Latinos. Latinos to do not speak with one voice, we are a diverse group of people from different cultures and countries. Oh and his crack about Lou Dobbs not being able to keep his Latina in line. Newsflash George, NO ONE keeps a Latina in line. We do as we please.

Okay, I teach in a high school where my students remind me often that "I am the minority." That is so true, They are Latino and I am not, I am white. There is no other way to describe me. I do not tan, I was raised in the south and I have a "funny" accent and I am white all the way around visually. There is one difference in me and what people see when they see me from the outside: I am fully aware that they - these children have plenty to give to this world. I look that them very differenty than many teachers do I think. 1. The are children, it doesn't make a difference where they are from they are just children there for me to teach the best that I can. Sometimes that means doing things a little differently to fit into their culture but that is okay with me. I teach individual children and they all are different in some ways. Because they are children they have a right, by law, to an equal eduacation! I want to give them just that! 2. I let the kids share their culture with me. I tell them that they have just as much to teach me as I do them. I think that it is out of this respect for them that they gain respect for me. I want them to be proud of where they are from and not ashamed. That is how a families history gets lost after just a few generations. I have been married to two men, one portuguese (second generation) and one (second generation Italian). The latter is very proud of his culture and history, the first one kind of hid it. I think that it is something to be celebrated. Parents gave up their lives to bring their children to a new land in hopes of giving them a better life...how respectible is that? I admire those parents! I enjoy when we have the time to discuss who their family celebrates holidays and what foods they prepare. I do the same with them...the get their little mini lessons on how people from Alabama live and eat. I always try and bring little things back to them after I have been home. 3. I have encouraged my students to find jobs that they are interested in doing and then we find out what they have to go to get that job. I have tried to show them that ethnic barriers are only a problem if you allow them to be. Well, the poor little white girl didn't necessarily grow up on the right side of the tracks and had to work hard to get to where she is today! I really do believe that if you work hard enough and are a good person, it will all be rewarded! At the beginning to school each year I tell them that in a way I am color blind...I don't care if you are purple with green polka dots on you, you will be treated fairly in my room. I stick to that all year. It really never makes a difference the color of you skin. I believe the sky is the limit for my kids, the only limit is the ones that they put on themselves! The have told me that I am not honarary Mexican...I feel honored, be cause I new that to them it was an honor! My heart is with these kids everyday, I cannot imagine it anyplace else...they are my kids! What can brown do for you...let us show you!