The GOP becomes a viable option for Hispanics

NMPolitics.Net ^ | 4/22/11 | Johnny F. Luevano Jr.

[MSF BU]

Nothing new here, the observation was made a long time ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgxsjrrGeiY

[oldbrowser]

I know several Guatamalans and other Central Americans who work here.

Whom ever made the comment that "they're all Mexicans" is a troll trying to start controversy. He knows that many Hispanics are offended by being called Mexicans. I bet he is a twisted Hispanic trying to keep "his people" on the democratic reservation.

[Gaffer]

I also. However, it astounds me the lengths that some hispanics go to to excuse their illegal cousins. All simply because they share the language of a former conqueror.

[hinckley buzzard]

That about sums it up. I knew a Mexican family from ElPaso who had very pale skin, fine features, Spaniard lineage. I lived for years in Tucson where the Indian blood was strong, and most chicanoes (their preferred term at the time) had fairly dark skin, and heavier features, stocky build, what you call Mestizo.

[kearnyirish2]

“Its the “myth of the hispanic voter”.”

I thought I made that clear when I outlined how different Hispanics would vote differently.

[Concho]

Absolutely not.

Humans are classified as belonging to 5 races, and Mexicans are not amongst them.
Negroid,
Caucasian,
Australian aborigine
Mongoloid/oriental
American Indian

Mexicans are a mix of Spanish Caucasian and American Indian. Mexican is a culture but definitely not a race.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

No one wants to be paying $5.00 for a gallon of gasoline.

[ViLaLuz]

That’s like saying people from the USA are all one race. Sorry but I don’t buy it.

[ViLaLuz]

The race is mostly Mestizo, with a small elite minority who are Caucasian (Spanish) and an additional minority that is indigenous (Indio).

So the “race” is actually a mixed race.

[no dems]

Thanks for this article.

[GonzoII]

"That’s like saying people from the USA are all one race."

Americans are a people of mixed races. Race is not a dirty word it's simply used to identify a given group of people. If you understand the term racist then that implies you understand the word race.

"Sorry but I don’t buy it."

No one is trying to pull a fast one, this is simply dealing with the definition of a word.

[GonzoII]

"So the “race” is actually a mixed race."

"What race is that? Caucasian? Mongolian?"

;0)

[GonzoII]

Thanks for this article.
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No problem.

[ViLaLuz]

I hear ya. I just disagree.

“race: 2 a : the descendants of a common ancestor : a family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same stock -Websters”

That does not describe Mexicans or Americans, who encompass a mix of all races coming from various families, tribes, people and nations.