Monday, July 25, 2005
Shake Your Stereotyping Bon-Bon
Ricky Martin traveled to the Middle East on Monday to tell Arab teenagers he will be their spokesperson, defending them against unjust ethnic stereotypes.
Per an Associated Press article today:
"I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered `losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing," said Martin, who was born in Puerto Rico.
OK. Struck me as random but then the article finally got around to stating that Martin is a United Nations Children's Fund goodwill ambassador and his organization, the Ricky Martin Foundation -- which fights international child pornography and prostitution -- recently built 225 homes in Thailand to house orphaned tsunami (Dec. 26) victims.
Who knew?
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