Award winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns may be the ultimate poster boy for victims of political correctness.

Burns who was pressured by Hispanic groups to include details of the contributions of Latino soldiers in WWII for his newest documentary “The War” which was a nod to being politically correct is now under attack from those same groups for including the footage of Latino soldiers.

The groups led by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) say Burns only decided to amend his film because of political correctness and not out of a belief that it was the right thing to do. They are demanding that Burns meet with them to spell out the changes to the film.

According to Armando Rendon of the Defend the Honor Campaign a Latino group, “The anger in the grassroots Latino community continues unabated by the manner in which [Burns] and PBS have handled the matter.”

Say What? First Burns who initially refused to amend the documentary decides to placate the Latino community and include some additional footage to note the contribution of Latino soldiers in WWII. Then after he does so he comes under attack because he didn’t explain the changes or was perceived to have been insincere in making the changes.

 Maybe Burns meant well, but what he didn’t realize that what liberal groups like LULAC and others really wanted was for Burns to meet with them and kiss their feet while they dictated the changes to their satisfaction and cut Burns out of the equation.

Burns made a mistake by caving in to the groups. He can partially rectify that mistake by standing firm and not letting these groups control the agenda.

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