Posted on 01/31/2012 6:39:42 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
Florida is among one of the key swing states that can make or break an election. A pivotal demographic in the Sunshine State is the Hispanic vote. Scott Pelley spoke with some of them to see what they want to hear out of the candidates.
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So what is a “hispanic” anyway?
I’m getting pretty sick and tired of the constant catering to Hispanics! The night of the Jax debate, we were “treated” to questions from a separate hall full of Hispanics (Latinos, whatever ..) asking idiotically inane questions like “which Latino will you appoint to your cabinet?” First .. if there was a separate hall full of white people, we all know that it would be labeled by the media as “a KKK rally.” Second, I am not in the least interested in a racist appointment of a Latino or other person just to satisfy a racial agenda!
Can we get back to speaking and asking important questions that concern ALLLLLLLL Americans?!
(not singling you out NCDave .. I think I just clicked reply on your post at the bottom).
I’m getting pretty sick and tired of the constant catering to Hispanics! The night of the Jax debate, we were “treated” to questions from a separate hall full of Hispanics (Latinos, whatever ..) asking idiotically inane questions like “which Latino will you appoint to your cabinet?” First .. if there was a separate hall full of white people, we all know that it would be labeled by the media as “a KKK rally.” Second, I am not in the least interested in a racist appointment of a Latino or other person just to satisfy a racial agenda!
Can we get back to speaking and asking important questions that concern ALL Americans?!
(not singling you out NCDave .. I think I just clicked reply on your post at the bottom).
I’m getting sick and tired of everyone comparing Miami hispanics with ANYTHING like the vast majority (mexican american) Hispanic. Simply not the same thing, they barely even share a language. (inside joke for anyone who has heard a Cuban vs a Mexican spanish)
Blame Ted Kennedy and his fellow communists in DC for changing the immigration laws and reversing the racial makeup of this country.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act, INS, Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89-236)[1] abolished the National Origins Formula that had been in place in the United States since the Immigration Act of 1924. It was proposed by United States Representative Emanuel Celler of New York, co-sponsored by United States Senator Philip Hart of Michigan and heavily supported by United States Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
The Hart-Celler Act abolished the national origins quota system that was American immigration policy since the 1920s, replacing it with a preference system that focused on immigrants’ skills and family relationships with citizens or U.S. residents. Numerical restrictions on visas were set at 170,000 per year, with a per-country-of-origin quota, not including immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, nor “special immigrants” (including those born in “independent” nations in the Western hemisphere; former citizens; ministers; employees of the U.S. government abroad).[2]
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1 Background
2 Congressional consideration
3 Long-term results
4 See also
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The 1965 act marked a radical break from the immigration policies of the past. The law as it stood then excluded Asians and Africans and preferred northern and western Europeans over southern and eastern ones. At the height of the civil rights movement of the 1960s the law was seen as an embarrassment by, among others, President John F. Kennedy, who called the then-quota-system “nearly intolerable”. After Kennedy’s assassination, President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill at the foot of the Statue of Liberty as a symbolic gesture.
However, there is evidence the law’s proponents did not see it as likely to influence America’s culture significantly. While the Customs and Immigration Services did predict increased immigration in general, the political elite, labor unions, and church people expected the numbers of increased immigrants, particularly from Asia, to be minimal. There is some evidence popular support for the law was lukewarm as well. President Johnson called the bill “not revolutionary”, Secretary of State Dean Rusk estimated only a few thousand Indian immigrants over the next five years, and other politicians hastened to reassure the populace the demographic mix would not be affected.[3]
No problem...I feel exactly the same as you. CHEERS!
You and me both FRiend. I’ve been saying that all week here. I’m fed up with the ‘’Latino community’’ and their self-segregating bs. If being an “American’’ without a bloody hyphen in front of it isn’t good enough, pick some “Latino’’ country and stay there. I’m sick of this Balkanization of America.
Agreed. This is the first group of immigrants who came here and refused to assimilate and adopt the language. Everywhere I go I have to listen to their jibberish.
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