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"   So I took two hours out of my busy life with my 5-month old daughter to watch Washington Heights last night. I&amp;#039;m not going to sugar coat it and say I love the show just because I&amp;#039;m Latina. In fact, this was the most boring two hours I&amp;#039;ve had so far this year.  When I tuned in I was expecting to hear people greeting with &amp;quot;que lo que&amp;quot; (or KLK, however you want to spell it) and modern Bachata songs pumping through my TV speakers. One thing I can say, I&amp;#039;m glad MTV didn&amp;#039;t indulge in those Dominican stereotypes, but some part of me would&amp;#039;ve preferred to hear a bunch of Dominican slang throughout, because quite frankly, I&amp;#039;ve always loved Dominicans and their unique Spanish. Unless you grow up around them, you might need a Dominican dictionary if it exists, but I promise once you get the hang of it, they&amp;#039;re one awesome group of peeps to hang around! So you&amp;#039;ve got all these inner city Latinos trying to live up their dreams, and party and get drunk in the process. I think the career-chasing part sends a positive message, but let&amp;#039;s be real, is that really MTV&amp;#039;s style? It seemed to me more like an episode of Made or True Life: I Want to Make it in the Music Industry.  Why was Jersey Shore the best show the network ever made? Because people love to take time out of their stressful lives to watch people partying and making a fool out of themselves, because it&amp;#039;s freaking hilarious and fun! As a woman who works full time and comes home to a cranky, teething baby, I want to laugh, not feel depressed about issues we face daily. I don&amp;#039;t want to reminisce about spending my high school career helping my mom and grandma paying bills or living without my dad, like Audubon and Jimmy. And news flash, Latinos are not the only group facing this problem. So why then, do the Italians on Jersey Shore get to show off their care-free lives taking trips everywhere to party while we have to show the &amp;quot;struggle in the hood&amp;quot;? Latinos know how to party too! I mean, I don&amp;#039;t think they&amp;#039;re ready for a true Latin party. Besides the hair-pulling that went down between Reyna and Eliza, I can&amp;#039;t say it in plainer terms: the show sucked. I really hope it gets more interesting, after all, it was only two episodes. But all I see is Reyna continuing to be a home wrecker, Eliza and Jimmy as the new Ronnie and Sammi, and Audubon as the peace maker trying to make them all one happy family again (ahem, kind of like Mike the Situation&amp;#039;s Sunday dinners).  What did you think of the show? Want more from Ariel? Follow her on Twitter @Ariel_Nagi. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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