The long-running hit NBC show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is set in New York City, within the very real world of the New York Police Department. While the Dick Wolf drama is far from a documentary, you expect certain aspects of it to be true to life. One area it appears to be failing is in the depiction of Latinos—and, alas, it’s hardly the only show on television to have that problem. The long-running program is merely indicative of the underrepresentation of this group in the industry.


