Jimmy Kimmel, Ken Burns, Mexicans, World War II, and PBS Revisionism

UPDATE

The link in the posting below no longer goes to the archived Kimmel/Ken Burns parody video--stereotype chroniclers may however, want to scroll through a take a peek at the series of my tocayo Guillermo skits Kimmel is now running.



You don't usually go to Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC for progressive and dynamic pieces of schtick that speak to the nuances of Ethnic American discourse, but give credit where credit is due! Kimmel and staff's video take on Ken Burns's blindness/revisionism when it comes to Latinos and World War II is worth a peek or two. It somehow manages to simultaneously invoke, and hence, reinforce, stereotypes, but also prognosticate and lampoon Burns's heart/vision when it comes to Mexican Americans and war, all at the same time.

A tip of the Textmex sombrero goes out to our carnal at UCSD literature, the one and only Jorge Mariscal for the link! Mariscal's recent piece for Counterpunch is outstanding.