Setting Us Back: 10 People Who (Tried) to Put Latinos Down in 2012

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Michael Kaiser

When being pressed on why there weren’t more diverse candidates for Kennedy Center honorees, Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser reportedly told National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Chairman Felix Sanchez to “go f*** yourself” and then hung up. Kaiser later wrote an apology letter, explaining that diversity is always at the forefront of his considerations. In Kaiser’s 12 year tenure there has been but two Hispanic Honorees: Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and Puerto Rican Chita Rivera.