This really saddens me - y'know when I was a kid in Pasadena Texas, growing up Mexican in one of the most red neck towns (we had Gilley's there and were famous for Urban cowboy) was no rose garden. i've been called just about every racist name in the book - all before I was even 12. I can remember dads telling girlfriends of mine "how can you date a wetty" and junk like that. I can remember only a couple of Mexicans on tv - Freddie Prinze and Cheech. I can also remember noticing that the man's name in the Speed Racer credits was close to mine - Peter (Paul) Fernandez (Hernandez) and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. I met Peter a few times over the years - the best was when I was with my father in law at a car show and Peter was there - I talked with him for a long while and he was the nicest man you'd ever want to meet (course he was captivated by my pop in law) but I wanted to hug the guy and tell him - thanks for not changing your name and helping me take pride in mine. Good night Peter - i know you were just a voice - but as with the David Prowse discussion - you will always be Speed Racer to me. He also did voices for Ultraman - which makes me only love him more.
