Reply #184: I lived in Sacramento; I have relatives who live there...

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... still, and have for 30 years.

The influence of Hispanics in Sacramento is impossible to deny (not that I ever wanted to do so). The strong cultural contribution of Hispanics is in great evidence all over California. I know because I lived there for 30 years, in both Northern and Southern California -- before coming home to New Mexico, where the Hispanic influence is even greater!

Even if Ken Burns plotted to leave out any reference to Hispanics in his documentary, he hardly has to power to *erase* hundreds of years of history. I think the rage that attends this issue speaks much more loudly of the ill will of those who want to seize their pound of flesh from Burns, than it does of him and any motivation he might have!

As someone coming fresh to the documentary, and without any axe to grind, I didn't find that references to Hispanic soldiers in the film stood out as "tacked on." They flowed with the rest of the film, when I watched it!