(The "Bordertown" trailer in German - the movie will not be released in the U.S., thanks in part to anti-Mexican reaction in screenings here.)

In 2007, Mexican-born author Reyna Grande's first novel, "Across a Hundred Mountains," is released to critical acclaim, and wins the American Book Award – yet Grande's San Diego bookstore appearance is canceled after anti-immigrant patrons call the manager to protest their support of a novel by and about "illegals".

In 2004, the South Coast Repertory Theater in Costa Mesa, Calif., kills its Hispanic Playwright's Project, in part to appease donors who fear "illegals" benefiting from their money.

In 2007, Touchstone Pictures pulls the plug on "Deep in the Heart of Texas," a feature film starring Eva Longoria about a fully assimilated Mexican American woman, saying there is nothing particularly "Latina" about an educated, professional shopaholic from Texas; meaning, the character is "too American" for audiences to believe as "Latina". (Meanwhile, Texas is no longer a majority-white state, and most Latinos there speak English…)

In 2005, The Taper Forum in Los Angeles dismantles all four of its minority playwright development programs.

In 2008, People magazine puts Latina singer Christina Aguilera on the cover and sees the average number of copies sold.

Latin Grammys, created in 2000 with a mainstream English-language CBS audience in mind, have since been downgraded to Univision only, in part due to protests from anti-Latino viewers.

In 2007, ABC decides to pull the plug on "The George Lopez Show," even though the show had better ratings than at least two other series that were renewed; he is replaced by a short-lived sitcom about cavemen.