This program is so Norman Learian, its sickening. All of his programs have an underlying theme: class and racial warfare. The person-of-color who is a victim of racism but rises up above the fray and the white person, priviledged, often insensitive and clueless at times prejudice. The person-of-color always outshines the white man.
Which brings me to this fictious Cuban family played by non-Cuban Puerto Rican and Mexican actors, the comment about the Caucasian food is offensive and something no Cuban would say not even a black Cuban! Unlike other Latin Americans, Cubans are painfully aware that "Hispanic" is an ethnic catagory not a racial one. In fact, European Cubans are offended when people say "Hispanic" "white" and "black," because it implies that they are a third race. Cubans also know that Cuban food has its basis in Europe. For instance, a favorite Cuban dish is Galdo Gallego or Favada Asturiana, these are porridges that come from the Northern provinces of Asturias and Galicias in Spain. Why on earth would a Cuban who is painfully aware of his European roots [and make no mistake about it, the vast majority of Cubans who arrived in the 1960s and 70s were basically 2nd generation Spaniards born in Cuba] say such an asinine statement like that? So, an Asturian and Galician porridge from Northern Spain is non-whtie food, but stake and potatoes is white food?
I understand that this show is a collaborative work written by various writers many of them latinos. It is clear that they are injecting their personal perspective into the show and its coming out painfully unCuban.
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