Ken Burns - ethnic politics

dean_acheson · 05-14-07, 10:23 AM

Was reading this this morning, and viewed this quote a bit askance:

"If either PBS or Burns knew more about the ethnic group, they might have known that they were playing with dynamite. Hispanics are famously proud of their veterans, whose military service has produced a higher ratio of Medal of Honor recipients relative to population than any other ethnic group."

I was under the mistaken impression that this claim belonged to Japanese Americans. Am I crazy? Am I remembering this incorrectly? If Navarette gets this wrong, and put it up on the national circulars, I think it is pretty cheap politics.

Anybody know for sure?

05-14-07, 10:23 AM	#1
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	Ken Burns - ethnic politics Was reading this this morning, and viewed this quote a bit askance: "If either PBS or Burns knew more about the ethnic group, they might have known that they were playing with dynamite. Hispanics are famously proud of their veterans, whose military service has produced a higher ratio of Medal of Honor recipients relative to population than any other ethnic group." I was under the mistaken impression that this claim belonged to Japanese Americans. Am I crazy? Am I remembering this incorrectly? If Navarette gets this wrong, and put it up on the national circulars, I think it is pretty cheap politics. Anybody know for sure?