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July 15 - 21, 2005

Special on Sambo, Aisle Dos!

Picking apart racist caricatures at Orange County Latino grocery stores

by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Last month, the Mexican government provoked outrage when it issued postage stamps commemorating MemÃÂ*n PinguÃÂ*n, a popular Afro-Mexican comic-book character who makes Amos ’n’ Andy look like Jackie Robinson. This follows a May 13 speech in which Mexican President Vicente Fox told a group of businessmen, “There’s no doubt that the Mexican men and womenâ€â€