The 70's

I was wondering more about Latinos in the entertainment industry and was upset that I could not find more. I actually had a very hard time thinking of some, but one that recently came to mind is Wilmer Valderrama. He evidently plays a Latino character on "That 70's Show," one of the ongoing mysteries in the show is Fez' lack of a background. All that is known of him is that he is of some sort of Spanish/Latin background which is alluded to in many instances and reinforced by his accent. It makes me wonder why they purposely chose to leave out his exact background. Is it perhaps because regardless of this his affect and his character is still representative of most of the Latino population, and by leaving specifics there is no real distinction between all the countries that he could have come from. I have talked to some people, and even though as Latinos we are separate in our countries of origin people think that our ways of acting and modes of affect are the same. From an outside perspective affect amongst Latinos seems to be the same. I guess its that fact that we know our own group so well we are able to distinguish it from others, but surely there must be some other factors. These could be like the ones that I have cited above, that depict Latinos as a whole when it comes to our character and our way of being.