By Laura Martinez

This week the Hispanic blogosphere was abuzz with one topic in particular: NBC's "We the People," a week-long series on Hispanics in America which kicked off Monday and looks to address several topics facing the Hispanic community in the U.S.

Unsurprisingly, the series featured a five-minute-plus segment with NBC's Kerry Sanders, who greeted viewers by sipping a delicious cafe con leche and making sure to tell us his favorite ice-cream flavor is dulce de leche (all this in a heavily accented Spanglish, which made for some entertaining morning TV). That's nice. But will mainstream media ever get past the likes of Gloria Estefan, Dora the Explorer, Shakira and "West Side Story" to illustrate how Hispanics are "changing the face of America," like, for the millionth time?

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