The Great Black - Hispanic Split

The New York Post ^ | The New York Post | Steven Malanga

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THE GREAT BLACK-HISPANIC SPLIT IT GOES FAR BEYOND CLINTON VS. OBAMA By STEVEN MALANGA Jackson: Long term, couldn't ease blacks' fears on immigration. January 22, 2008 -- FIERCE fighting over the minority vote may be the real surprise of the '08 Democratic race, with many blacks gravitating to Sen. Barack Obama and Hispanics to Sen. Hillary Clinton. But this split isn't just about these candidates; it's been a long time coming. The tensions have many sources, but the one few analysts

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So much for thr Rainbow Coalition. (At least for the Primary)

[AnimalLover]

bttt

[kinoxi]

It’s interesting to watch the racists.

[magellan]

Look at the positive. If Obama wins the Demonrat nomination, and does not pick Bill Richardson as his VP, the Hispanics may stay home or vote Republican.

[chaos_5]

I know this much from personal experience.
I work with several people who consider them self's to be Mexican-Americans. Now you may think southern white hicks are racist, but they don't come close to how racist these people are.

Now I want to stress that I am not condemning an entire bloc of people as racist, I am saying that it appearers that the majority of “Mexican-Americans”, and Mexicans for that matter, have very little respect for blacks.

[Ron in Acreage]

Colors. They are no different than the gangs that run the streets. MS13, bloods, crips etc. The democrats have always been in favor of segregating themselves and pitting one group against the other. Only democrats belong to these racist groups like NAACP, black caucus, hispanic caucus, LaRaza etc.

[Laptop_Ron]

Ain’t it ironic that the party that says it’s for racial preferences and gender equality is having major problems with race and gender issues? And they can’t even blame the republicans.

[Brad from Tennessee]

The Democrat Party is not big enough for these two factions. Hispanics have the big numbers but they don’t vote in a bloc like most African Americans do. A third party could come out of this conflict.

[Rudder]

...it's been a long time coming

So long in fact it's not newsworthy anymore.

[hope]

Yes, generally the Hispanic community and African American’s are at at odds to the extreme, to say the least.

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Correct Link
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01222008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_great_black_hispanic_split_763980_htm

[A CA Guy]

Hillary could ostracize blacks if she gets in.
I don’t think Hispanics are known for voting much.

I think she has killed about 5% of the national vote she would have gotten had she not attacked racially Obama (who will not win the nomination).

[dowcaet]

You could see this one coming. This is a civil war in the making in the Democratic Party.

[tpanther]

And likewise, if she wins & doesn’t pick Obama as VP, blacks and Oprah will stay home.

And WE thought We had problems!?

[arthurus]

That bloc problem will be overcome for Democrats when the new president, Democrat or Republican, gets Amnesty passed into law. Very soon there will be 12-40 million new Democrats/socialists and the Republican Party will cease to be a presence on the National scene except for an occasional Rockefeller throwback on the state level in the Northeast. The new Democrats will not split their vote- because of their background and because it will give them control of the Party, or, rather, it will make them think they have control until they subside into a permanently powerless portion of the Democrat machine led by their own Jacksons and Sharptons.

[SoCalPol]

Mexicans vote Republican.
Where do you live?

[BlazingArizona]

Mexicans vote Republican. Where do you live?

In Arizona, we have the legal Mexican/ illegal Mexican divide.

[B Knotts]

This is the great untold story of the Democrat race thus far.

At some point, it’s going to become so obvious, even the MSM will have to acknowledge it.

Just wait until Feb. 5...California, Arizona, etc.

[tom h]

"Growing anger over the way Hispanic immigration is changing their neighborhoods has prompted many African-Americans to rethink the notion of a rainbow coalition.

Meanwhile, surveys show that many US Hispanics mistrust African-Americans and see themselves as more like whites than like blacks."

But ... but ... I thought that "diversity is our strength."

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[tom h]

I live in Southern California also, and in my neighborhood Mexicans vote Democrat. That includes both legal and illegal. That’s why Loretta Sanchez and her sister keep winning their seats in Orange County.