Compensating for the racism of CS Lewis

Hey guys. Since I am not on facebook and sign on to AIM on an as needed basis, this blog seemed to be an acceptable medium to try to stay in touch. Try being the key word.
Anyhow I saw the new Narnia movie last week. Im not sure why. I didn't really like the first one and this wasn't any different. I actually didn't particularly enjoy the CS Lewis books either, so I may be biased. Now the bad guys in this one were Spanish. Now if memory serves me right, weren't the bad guys black and/or arab in the books? Im pretty sure they had scimitars instead of swords... Feel free to correct me. I read the books a long time ago. Maybe the were really Mexican...