Desperate much?

In the show Desperate Housewives, Gabi and Carlos are mexican and Betty Applewhite and her two sons are black. Nothing is ever said about these families' races. There are a couple episodes when Gabi says something about being Mexican but it is never an issue. This can be taken two ways, good or bad. I think it is good that their differences in race to the rest of the characters is not brought up because it shows that it doesn't matter and that it does not affect anyone's views. But, it could also be viewed that people are trying to ignore it and pretending it isn't there, but we won't know if that is the case. I personally think it is good that these potential "issues" are not brought up in the show because they do not need to be. It may seem stereotypical at times, for example, Betty Applewhite's son killed his ex-girlfriend. But, Mike went to jail as well as Carlos. Paul Young killed Martha and Zach's real mom...and so on. So, I think this show does a good job of being very un-stereotypical. We should watch it.