Posted on 10/23/2015 11:58:29 AM PDT by Isara
Ted Cruz faces another hurdle in his presidential campaign: his ancestry.
A Millersville University student writing for LifeZette noted an exchange with her political science professor where the professor declared that Cruz “isn’t Hispanic enough.”
The exchange occurred when the professor dismissed the Republican candidates as old, white men, and the student, Kaytee Moyer, listed five candidates who didn’t fit the mold.
That wasn’t the first time Cruz has faced scrutiny for his ethnicity. His conservative views have made his authenticity suspicious in the eyes of some prominent (or formerly prominent) Hispanic politicians.
It’s a strange quarrel, and a sign that even the most intelligent people can form unenlightened and strange opinions.
Marco Rubio, another prominent Hispanic Republican candidate, has not faced the same level of scrutiny and vitriol about his ethnic background. Cruz’s campaign style, labeled by some as “paranoid,” could explain the gap. Cruz has looked to the Tea Party Republican wing for support, whereas Rubio has drawn from a more neo-conservative and “establishment” well.
Moyer noted that her classmates have thanked her for her willingness to challenge professors on their political opinions. It’s unfortunate that, in this instance, she had to do it surrounding an ethnically charged claim that would engender a different response for a Democratic candidate.
What took them so long?
Pres. B.O. isn’t black enough.
(Or American enough. Or Christian enough. Or Communist enough... Oh, wait.... he is communist enough.)
How is being declared “not hispanic enough” by a leftist “another hurdle”? Like she would vote for him if he were adequately hispanic?
Right. And Dr. Thomas Sowell isn’t black enough.
It’s racial even when it isn’t racial.
/S
I’m conservative and Hispanic-so does that mean Ted Cruz and all the rest of us are now some Latino version of an Uncle Tom? Liberals and their labels are tiresome...
Tio Tomas....
Millersville....oy! As a PA resident my taxes are paying that bozo’s salary.
Top six in the most recent poll I read: Carson (black), Trump, Rubio (Hispanic, child of Cuban immigrants), Cruz (Hispanic, child of an American by birth and a Cuban immigrant), Bush (married to a Hispanic immigrant from Mexico), Fiorina (female).
Liberal meme: These are racist old white men.
Actual fact: Liberals lie, and they never even refer to the facts before deciding on the lie they will try out for their talking points. Liberals disgust me.
Cruz isn’t Hispanic enough.
Clarence Thomas isn’t Black enough.
Ben Carson isn’t really Black.
You know what would fix all of that? If they had a “D” behind their name their identity politics would be just fine. What a scam.
Liberals are stuck on “divide ans conquer.” It’s worked so well in American politics I suppose its hard to blame them.
Then again, it does seem to be a growing meme on FR as well.
Calla-don’t give them any ideas, please...
Why is the left so obsessed with race?
Bill Clinton (D) "First Black President!"
Wow! You're right, it works!
Cheap shot. If Rubio were doing as good as Cruz in the polls, you'd hear that "not Hispanic" about him as well.
Plus, they're saving it up in case Rubio makes it to the general election.
They hate him because he doesn’t speak the language.
Probably because we conservatives are not, and we get along like normal humans-and that makes liberal heads explode...
You’re not really __________(fill in your group identity) unless you are on the Democrat-Socialist Plantation.
This is silly—Only shows how PC has corrupted things in our land.
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