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I came across something very ancient, quarter of a century old, about the Toy Story 2 game, which is old news but I was struck by the comment made in the AP story:

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to change a sombrero-wearing character in the "Toy Story 2" video game because it offended some Hispanics.

The decision was announced Thursday after a peaceful demonstration outside the Santa Monica headquarters of Activision, which produced the game with Disney based on characters from the animated film. One level of the game features a villain with a mustache, bullet bandolier and a sombrero, which Hispanic activists said was a Mexican stereotype.

Players must shoot the symbol to advance to the next level of the game, said Oscar de la Torre, a counselor at Santa Monica High School.

"We feel it's degrading, it's dehumanizing. It stereotypes Mexicans as villains," he said. "It's a virtual game of genocide, the way we see it, because they're being ethno-specific."

I don’t mind sombreros.   

People here don’t mind Speedy Gonzales, why would mind a random Toy Story toy?

I love when white progressives get offended on behalf of ethnic people who aren't offended themselves. Really shows their unintentionally racist paternalistic side perfectly.