[new yorker 77]

Tell someone of Cuban origin that they are Puerto Rican.

Tell someone of Ecuadorean origin that they are Mexican.

Tell someone of Mexican origin that they are Honduran.

Call them Hispanics?

How about whites?

Tell someone of Italian origin that they are French.

Tell someone of German origin that they are Polish.

Tell someone of Irish origin that they are English.

They are all white, but to imply they are all monolithic in voting shows an ignorance that the author of the article wears like an anchor.

[Polybius]

Call them Hispanics? How about whites?

That use of the term "Hispanic" has a completely different meaning in Spanish-speaking countries.

In Spanish-speaking countries, "Hispano" (derived from the Roman province of Hispania) is used to mean "of or from Spain" in the same way that Americans use the term "British" (derived from the Roman province of Britannia) is used to mean ""of or from Great Britain".

For example, Banco Hispano Americano is a Spanish bank that does business in Latin America.

In Spanish-speaking countries, the race issue is talked about right up front without resorting to Political Correctness.

If you are White, you are a "Blanco". (Daisy Fuentes)

If you are Black, you are a "Negro". ("El Duque" Hernadez)

If you are of mixed White and Black blood, you are a "Mulatto". (Felipe Alou)

If you are of mixed White and Meso-American Indian blood (as is 60% of the Mexican population) you are a "Mestizo". (Cesar Chavez)

If you are of pure Indian blood, you would be an "Indio". (Montezuma)

If you are of Asian blood, you automatically become a "Chino" whether or not you are Chinese, Japanese or Korean. (Alberto Fujimori....ex-President of Peru)

An "Hispano" would be a Spaniard who would, as a separate matter, also be a Blanco.

Although Mexicans in Mexico celebrate being Mestizo, an American liberal would rather bite off his tongue than use the word and be considered Politically Incorrect.

Thus, in the U.S., an "Hispanic" means everything from a Blanco to a Mulatto to a Mestizo to an Indio but is frequently used as a euphemism to mean "not White".

[photodawg]

to imply they are all monolithic in voting shows an ignorance that the author of the article wears like an anchor.
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Its not only the author, its most liberals. They think in stereotypes and generalizations, they ignore individual character and morality for vague politically correct platitudes that make them feel morally superior, but have no basis in reality. That's why conservatives get branded as racist anytime they question someones actions on moral grounds.