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NO PEEKING! As the fall TV season heats up, so do the boycotts. Minority groups are fighting the whiteness of network prime time with the biggest flurry of boycotts ever. Here's a guide to what not to watch.

THE BOYCOTTERS La Raza/Nat'l Latino Media Coalition

WHAT THEY'RE BOYCOTTING Will & Grace (NBC)

WHY In season opener, a character calls her Salvadoran maid a "tamale" (NBC replaced the word with "honey")

[THE BOYCOTTERS] Media Action Network for Asian Americans

[WHAT THEY'RE BOYCOTTING] Dharma & Greg (ABC), Suddenly Susan (NBC)

[WHY] Both shows are set in San Francisco--which is 35% Asian--but have no...

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