TRUMP'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE APPEARANCE HAS LATINO GROUPS FURIOUS

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TRUMP'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE APPEARANCE HAS LATINO GROUPS INCENSED

Excerpt: LaWeekly 

NBC's beloved Saturday Night Live has a Latino problem.

It has had only two Latino cast members, Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen, in its 41-year history. And in its 789 episodes, it has featured only 12 Latino guest hosts, by our count. That means that Latino hosts compose 1.5 percent of the total. Nearly one in five people in New York is Latino, which is the largest minority nationwide.

The problem only got worse this week when NBC announced that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to host SNL Nov. 7. Some Latino groups are not at all happy about this. At least one of the organizations told us that a boycott of the network was possible if it didn't cancel Trump's appearance.

We probably don't need to remind you that Latinos in the United States were largely offended by Trump's opinion that Mexican immigrants are criminals and rapists.

Following those June remarks, NBC itself said that it's "ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump."

"At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values," the network stated.

Apparently, SNL plays by its own rules at the network. 

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