why in war movies of years 40 and 50 there were Hispanic characters and now  films about IIWW do not?
337270
Because Hispanics weren't heavily involved in World War II. I believe the war movies you're referring to in the first part of your question are probably westerns, are they may be about the Spanish-American War. Just a guess, though.
719825
maybe something abut how they are still at war and there have been many minor skirmishes or incidence over the years, there was a great program on the history channel about that, alot of stuff I didn't know.  sorry I don't remember the name of it.
944057
Seeing how 85% of the ground combat troops are white and that the same percentage killed in action are white I'd say know.  It is a common myth began during the 1960's that minorities were the most likely to be drafted and sent to combat.  It was not true then and even less so now.
1143929
Good question! I believe Hollywood only wants to betray Caucasians in a wealthy and historical light because all the black actors and actresses are portrayed in a ghetto image such as pimps,prostitutes,drug lords, and gangsters. Sadly,but true!
122533
Well I'm sure a Latin actress from Hollywood would be a lot more recognizable than one from an independent film.  Independent films are movies with a really small budget.  Most of the actors and actresses in them aren't very well known (Napoleon Dynamite was an independent film).  But Hollywood movies have millions of dollars for budgets.  So there isn't much difference, they are both actresses, just one is in a major movie and the other is in a low budget movie.
693715
It's just a movie stereotype of an "Intelligent villian."  If the villian is good at hand to hand fighting he is Asian.  And if the villian is a two bit hoodlum dumbass, he's usually portrayed as a minority - black, hispanic, etc. If the villian is a big muscular brut he is Russian.  Get it?  And I haven't even mentioned the Itallian stereotypes yet.
183853
I think it is an inaccurate depiction,to say the least.It seems everything in our culture has to be adjusted to the "politically correct" gay standard, including marriage,television,advertising, music, art,even cowboy movies.John Wayne is probably rolling over in his grave.
1109766
i dont think u grandfather was insulted by saving private ryan i cried when i watched it too and i wasnt even born in that time. i didnt think it glamourised war in any way in fact i thought it was brutally honest depicition of war and the ppl who fought it...normal ppl like u and me who unitl then had lived a normal life. films like these must surely open up wounds that veterans have pushed to the backs of their minds just so they can try to carry on as normal as they can.
278816
World War 2 emancipated women in the United States.  Because of the shortage of men, women went to work.  They built the planes for the war and other critical armaments.  They started baseball teams.\n\nThe cntributions of women to the war effort often goes unacknowledgd, but without their contributions, I am sure we would have lost the war.\n\nOnce the war ended, the women no longer felt that the old adage "barefoot and pregnant" was the way they wanted to live their lives.  Many stayed at work.  Others got fired when the men returned, but they refused to go back to the kitchen, and found a new job for themselves.
544257
yeah i know...hispanics are going through a hard time right with the american goverment and some of the people.is it racism? i don't know because i'm not american.i could never thrash a another person race or religon.
350269
the movie is about what happens to european jews during ww2, the major charactor in the story is not german but is allowed to run a factory where jews are allowed to work by nazi germany, the owner with help from jews he learns to respect as humans and not profit, begins to smuggle jews out of war torn germany, eventually he realizes he can never smuggle enough jewish people to satisfy his conscience. the jews he saves emigrate to israel finally! It is a sad but good movie, see it. many of us lost love ones during that period, i am not jewish but of portuguese heritage and my family suffered too. good luck to you
160479
The only movie with that discrpition is the Shootist but that's not a war movie.
654610
Because it's not a nationality thing it's racist.Hispanics against everyone else in the US.
633745
The other me! That was a disney movie back in the day, when a boy clones himself and they cause all kinds of trouble. If its a hispanic thing, I don't know it.
475628
This question hits at the problem with our continued obsession with racial categorization. US Gov't forms have several racial categories White- nonhispanic, Hispanic,  African-American, NAtive American. The problem is that none of those categories are exclusive. A Spaniard is hispanic, by definition of course but they may be of entirely European descent (presuming no Moorish ancestry). Why then categorize them as hispanic could they also not be White Caucasian? In the Americas, Argentina is an excellent example. There are countless Argentines with absolutely no Spanish or native american ancestry. Why would they fall under the category of Hispanic, solely because they happen to speak Spanish, rather than the French, German or Italian their parents and grandparents may have spoken. \n\nThe category of hispanic is a perfect example of race and culture being conflated. Most 'hispanics' in Latin America have varying degrees of Native American, European, and African ancestry. Why lump them all together? what does this category mean? Why call it race when clearly it has been created because no specific race can be attributed to all those people?\n\nUltimately, race only exists as a social construct and as people continue to move around in multi-ethnic societies like the U.S. race only becomes less clearly defined.
739291
Apparently, you're not old enough to have seen prejudice in must greater extreme. "These days" are pretty tolerant compared to the 60's and earlier.
831304
And before the Italians, it was the Irish who were discriminated against in the eastern seaboard. And in the West Coast, it was the Chinese and the Japanese and the Filipinos. And there's slavery. And land taking from indigenous people and other nations' territories while denigrating the original inhabitants who remain. American history is loaded with ethnic exclusion and discrimination. This shouldn't be shocking.