TOP Ten Reasons I Hate Hispanic Magazines

Paper or plastic?

By Al Carlos Hernandez, Contributing Editor
Published on LatinoLA: February 15, 2012

TOP Ten Reasons I Hate Hispanic Magazines

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10. They are published by carpetbaggers, coconuts, and Tio Tacos.

9. They pander to corporate interests, while pimping community issues.

8. They are filled with "experts" no one has ever heard of, and no one I know reads them.

7. They are written for the sole reason of selling institutional ads.

6. The ads are designed to showcase token Latinos to assuage corporate guilt.

5. Print is dead. The only ones who don't know that are the ones who fund them.

4. All pictures indicate "Weez all happy, ain't we Boss?".

3. No one wants a career in insurance.

2. They pander to Spanish-language media and ignore homegrown interests.

1. Each edition ... a sprayed on Spic-o-rama.

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