just something random that came to my mind while watching this show. i really dig the hell out of this cartoon. Maya and Miguel is a cartoon on PBS that revolves around the titular twin brother and sister and all thje hijinx/adventures around their neighborhood. nothing out of the ordinary. aimed for children under 11 years of age, i would believe. they keep the dialogue going with some Spanglish thrown i for good measure.

it makes me think that it must be specially cool for a Latin kid to be growing up in the U.S. right now. not that lack of positive Latino representations in the media would hinder any sort of self identification in the maturation process of a kid, but it is cool to see more characters that are not picked from the ever-abundant list of stereotypical choices. the show is well written and highly entertaining. the other day i caught an episode where the siblings emulate Don Quijote in order to save Miguel’s favorite ice cream flavor from extinction. sounds cool, huh?!

all this brought me to thinking about stuff i watched as a kid. There was this show called Ghostwriter, and the Spanish kid was named Alex. Everyone in my class said I looked just like him, but i didn’t see the resemblance.

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