The Kennedy Center is making amends with the Latino community. The prestigious arts organization honored guitarist Carlos Santana and opera singer Martina Arroyo this year, a year after the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts took the Kennedy Center to task for consistently passing over Latino candidates for the distinction. "It's better than Fourth of July, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Valentine's," Santana, 66, told the New York Times. The Mexican-American rocker is perhaps best known for...
Kennedy Center Honors Latinos, Making Amends After Public Spat
The Huffington Post - 12 Sep 2013 23:43
The Kennedy Center is making amends with the Latino community. The prestigious arts organization honored guitarist Carlos Santana and opera singer Martina Arroyo this year, a year after the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts took the Kennedy Center to task for consistently passing over Latino candidates for the distinction. "It's better than Fourth of July, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Valentine's," Santana, 66, told the New York Times. The Mexican-American rocker is perhaps best known for...
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