Exactly! It's just a name. There are many, many reasons why he might not have an obviously Hispanic name, and none of them would affect how Hispanic he is.
And how in the world is he supposed to be more Hispanic anyway? The focus is supposed to be on the cases, not the characters' personal lives (except for the oh-so-exciting affair/love triangle, I guess). Is he supposed to go up to the suspects and say, "Well, as a man of Cuban descent (or whatever), I think you're lying." Or tell Jack, "My Latino intuition says the husband did it." Um, yeah.
That sort of thing really bugs me, because it's so silly. I mean, I'm Jewish, but I have a WASP last name and I don't walk around being Jewish. I just am. Like Danny just is Latino.
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Date: 2003-08-08 03:44 am (UTC)And how in the world is he supposed to be more Hispanic anyway? The focus is supposed to be on the cases, not the characters' personal lives (except for the oh-so-exciting affair/love triangle, I guess). Is he supposed to go up to the suspects and say, "Well, as a man of Cuban descent (or whatever), I think you're lying." Or tell Jack, "My Latino intuition says the husband did it." Um, yeah.
That sort of thing really bugs me, because it's so silly. I mean, I'm Jewish, but I have a WASP last name and I don't walk around being Jewish. I just am. Like Danny just is Latino.