[Clemenza]

Actually up in NY and NJ Latinos historically have elected non- Hispanic whites to Mayor and city council even after they are a majority. This is why the very non-Hispanic Brian Stack has been Mayor and State Senator representing an overwhelmingly Hispanic area of Hudson County. Latinos don’t tend to have the tribal identity that blacks do, as Latinos are a mixture of races and nationalities.

Again, you are another person forgetting about Asians, who have grown faster than Latinos over the past 10 years and vote heavily Dem.

[flamberge]

Again, you are another person forgetting about Asians...

Not in the slightest way. I have worked in China and have some experience with them, both there and here in America. There is a limited number of points one can cover in a single posting.

I am also well aware that "Hispanic" is not a race - it is an assortment of very different ethnic groups, many of whom despise each other.

For that matter, Blacks in America can usually find that 40% to 70% of their ancestors are Whites. Race and ethnic compositions are way more complex than skin color.

But politics boils all of that down to a limited number of stereotypes. Blacks, Whites, "Hispanics", "Asians", French, Germans, English, Polish, Irish, Spanish, Italians....

The divisions all have some arbitrary boundaries which could be transcended in a healthy political system. But we don't have that any more, and it is not coming back.

Racial or ethnic factions matter now more than they have in a long time. The reason is that our demographics have passed a critical tipping point where the leadership elites are no longer competent to rule over the resulting population and the economic prospects for everyone are looking worse every year.

Everybody is reaching for a slice of a shrinking pie.

"History does not repeat itself. But it often rhymes".