Posted on 02/26/2010 6:08:35 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Yes and come April we’ll be treated to a whole month of racial and cultural chauvinism because April is “Hispanic Heritage Month’’. I can’t wait. First though we have to get through March. March is “Womens History Month.’’
Their media parrot is rapidly disappearing.
I’m really, really glad to hear that.
I’m just going by the ones who married into the family. They don’t identify as “hispanic” (but look it) and their ancestors probably helped Sam Houston kick Santa Anna’s butt.
In any case, can ANY group looking for racial spoils really be courted by conservatives? Either they attracted by conservative principles or not. If we court them by race, we’re abandoning the conservative principle of a color blind society for the Left’s “identity politics.”
Also, if a group is so lost to the concept of national sovereignty and the rule of law that they support illegal immigration, can we really court them?
But, Chileans, Argentines, and Spaniards will find themselves automatically on the outs. Penelope Cruz, Xavier Bardem, even with a great tan? Fuggedaboutit. Oddly enough, white Cubans and Puerto Ricans are OK with the bureaucraps. Mexicans, Central Americans? No Problem. White Colombians, Venezuelans? possible problem. Bolivia? No Problem. Ecuador? No Problem. Peru? Could be a problem.
Go figure. And do bring the grocery bag.
I agree. People who self identify as conservatives will be drawn to conservative ideas regardless of their ancestry. People who don’t consider themselves as conservatives won’t care for those ideas regardless of their ancestry. It’s all about the individual and this group catering crap is just a waste of energy.
Do you really think so? I do get the feeling that the lame stream media might finally realize that “The One’’ is just a pile of gold-plated, long-winded crap and their carrying water for him is starting to look like the equivalent of journalistic fellatio. Lets hope so.
Agreed.
Wasn’t there just a story yesterday regarding a poll where Hispanics self-identified as conservatives to the tune of 60 percent?
Look at the polls, the influence of the tea party, which is nothing but denigrated by the lame stream media, we are breaking free ... ABC news announces 20% staff cut, which looks like the first step towards disposal sale. The tipping point approaches.
I think electing BHO was the lame stream media’s Waterloo.
Notice the category of non-Hispanic whites. Skin color is really irrelevant when it comes to deciding who gets the federal goodies. This has less to do about race as it does about creating another category of victims.
We have created something similar with "Asians." Here is the the Virginia Department of Minority Business definition:
“Asian American” means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands, including but not limited to Japan, China, Vietnam, Samoa, Laos, Cambodia, Taiwan, Northern Mariana, the Philippines, a U.S. territory of the Pacific, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Sri Lanka and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.
The definitions of Hispanic and Asian under Virginia law are ludicrous. They make no sense. What do Japanese, Chinese, Indians, and Filipinos have in common except being from the same geographic region of the globe? Similarly, “Hispanics” encompass all of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., the former colonialists. These types of classifications are reminiscent of those under apartheid in South Africa, which had four main groups with a number of sub-groups and even “honorary whites.” Republicans should take the lead in abolishing these discriminatory programs in post-racial America and use immigration as an example of the unfairness of these laws.
Well when I was a kid I was taught that a Hispanic was someone whose ancestors are from a country whose primary language was derived from Latin. So I was taught that the French and Italian were also “Hispanic.” Seem that is not the case these days.
But anyway, it’s an ethnicity and not a race, so yeah most are white folks.
The funny part to me is that in Mexico, white European Spanish families are still busy screwing over the indigenous people of Mexico, and telling them it’s the US’s fault they are getting a raw deal. How they get away with that is beyond me.
Yes, I think you’re right. They just can’t all come out and say they were wrong. I hope the majority of Americans learn something from this, about ‘’false Gods’’ and people calling themselves ‘’The Ones we’ve been waiting for’’. I hope they do but I’m not that optimistic.
16% according to the Bureau of the Census.
The same way that “whitey” is blamed for everything wrong in the USA. It’s easier to scapegoat someone else rather than deal with the issues at hand.
Another great post. Thank you!
If it is an ethnicity then how can a Mayan from Mexico or Guatemala be considered an Hispanic? Frankly, it appears to be based on a shared linguistic heritage than ethnicity.
Good post. Thank you.
I work weekly with numerous Hispanic families, most of them from Mexico. I don’t talk to them about politics. What I do know is that they are hard working and have a deep love and committment for their families.
The second paragraph of your post is spot on. And those who were “absorbed” can certainly be persuaded otherwise, because their values are conservate.
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