A Description That’s Beyond Compare

I have a problem with your opening statement regarding Giselle Fernandez, host of “Cafe Ole.” You describe Fernandez as “half-Mexican, half-Jewish” (“A Spanish Language TV Network Tries Bilingualism,” Nov. 8). These two characteristics have nothing in common. She could be half-Mexican and half-Israeli or half-Jewish and half-Catholic, but when describing her as you have, one might just as well be half-Mexican and half-green, or half-slender and half-Jewish.

Mexican is a nationality and Jewish describes followers of certain religious beliefs. While both may coexist in an individual, when used in this manner, the other parts of Fernandez’s characteristics remain undescribed.

CHUCK WELCH

Los Angeles