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An article on children's TV shows in the Oct. 8 issue of the Wall Street Journal shines the light on Nickelodeon's hidden racist agenda:
Dora the Explorer's cousin Diego has a good shot with her loyal fans. Amy Flynn, director of the Bank Street Family Center in New York, liked the lesson about matching size and color in an episode in which Diego reunited a lost penguin with his colony, but had some worries. "The ultimate message is, 'You don't belong here because you don't look like us,'" she said. Nickelodeon says that both "Dora" and "Diego" stress diversity by featuring Hispanic main characters and that categorization is an important scientific concept.
Nick Jr.'s Diegeo - What makes you think he won't cut you?
Dora the Explorer's cousin Diego has a good shot with her loyal fans. Amy Flynn, director of the Bank Street Family Center in New York, liked the lesson about matching size and color in an episode in which Diego reunited a lost penguin with his colony, but had some worries. "The ultimate message is, 'You don't belong here because you don't look like us,'" she said. Nickelodeon says that both "Dora" and "Diego" stress diversity by featuring Hispanic main characters and that categorization is an important scientific concept.
Nick Jr.'s Diegeo - What makes you think he won't cut you?
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