Sometimes when you are the only Latino in the office, you start feeling like the “token Latino.” At moments like those, you need to straighten your spine, take a deep breath, and show the powers-that-be what you are made of. You don’t want them to see you as the Latino and be predisposed to dismissing your work as only satisfactory. You put your best work forward and if you have to act “Almost White,” then that is what you do to get ahead. Because you want that foot in the door, and once you are in, then you change the “system” from within. That is pretty much what award-winning writer, actor, director, comedian, playwright, producer and author Rick Najera has done in Hollywood. And, notice that these confessions were "forced" out of him. In his new book, Almost White: Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood , Najera shines the spotlight on his life. For over 20 years, he has written for some of the top si...