Comments on: Brown Voters Don’t Want Black in the White House http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 07:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136540 DLS Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:28:48 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136540 While blacks and Hispanics hold broadly favorable views of each other, Hispanics are less likely to say the two groups get along well. At the same time, African Americans are far more likely than Latinos to say blacks are frequently the victims of racial discrimination ...<br><br><a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/713/blacks-hispanics">http://pewresearch.org/pubs/713/blacks-hispanics</a><br><br><br>Portrait of "Super Tuesday" Latino vote (nothing compares to California)<br><br><a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/717/latino-vote-super-tuesday">http://pewresearch.org/pubs/717/latino-vote-sup...</a> While blacks and Hispanics hold broadly favorable views of each other, Hispanics are less likely to say the two groups get along well. At the same time, African Americans are far more likely than Latinos to say blacks are frequently the victims of racial discrimination …

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/713/blacks-hispanics

Portrait of “Super Tuesday” Latino vote (nothing compares to California)

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/717/latino-vote-sup…

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136530 DLS Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:52:35 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136530 Yes, you're right, K. That's the situation frequently in California whenever there is strife, such as in high schools (children mainly of Mexican immigrants). I can't believe how naive people are who watch scenes on television and don't grasp what's happening. The last time I saw such a scene, the black and Hispanic kids were flashing each other the Bird and various gang signs. This was no love-fest. Yes, you're right, K. That's the situation frequently in California whenever there is strife, such as in high schools (children mainly of Mexican immigrants). I can't believe how naive people are who watch scenes on television and don't grasp what's happening. The last time I saw such a scene, the black and Hispanic kids were flashing each other the Bird and various gang signs. This was no love-fest.

]]> By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136529 kritt11 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:09:54 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136529 Maybe the groups they are talking about are Mexican-Americans versus African-Americans. But I think this split is exaggerated. Maybe the groups they are talking about are Mexican-Americans versus African-Americans. But I think this split is exaggerated.

]]> By: cosmoetica http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136522 cosmoetica Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:35:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136522 Given that almost 40% of Latinos are 'Black'- think MLB players David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez, it's an interesting conundrum. Hispanic is an ethnic/cultural group, not a racial one. Given that almost 40% of Latinos are 'Black'- think MLB players David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez, it's an interesting conundrum. Hispanic is an ethnic/cultural group, not a racial one.

]]> By: T_Steel http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136514 T_Steel Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:31:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136514 AMEN! AMEN!

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-136511 archangel Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:14:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/17525/brown-voters-dont-want-black-in-the-white-house/#comment-136511 Just to attempt to add to this writer's thoughts... many of we Latinos intensely disagree with ANY idea that we MUST dislike Blacks as a matter of economics or anything else, or that we secretly dislike Blacks, for any reason. <br><br>Or that Blacks dislike us as a practically genetic fact. It isn't so, <br><br>....and yet, people of any racial group chafe against their own kind and across groups when they are poor, threatened of life, have too many mouths to feed, and not enough work. It isnt a Black Latino conflict. It's a human being conflict.<br><br>The old guard here in the US, and elsewhere in the world, seems to want to play "Let's you and him fight" with us aginst another racial group. If it's alright with anybody, and just speaking for myself and my family, we'll pass on being offered such offal. We really would, if it is allowed in this precise matter, prefer to be part of bridging rather than blasting<br><br>dr.e Just to attempt to add to this writer's thoughts… many of we Latinos intensely disagree with ANY idea that we MUST dislike Blacks as a matter of economics or anything else, or that we secretly dislike Blacks, for any reason.

Or that Blacks dislike us as a practically genetic fact. It isn't so,

….and yet, people of any racial group chafe against their own kind and across groups when they are poor, threatened of life, have too many mouths to feed, and not enough work. It isnt a Black Latino conflict. It's a human being conflict.

The old guard here in the US, and elsewhere in the world, seems to want to play “Let's you and him fight” with us aginst another racial group. If it's alright with anybody, and just speaking for myself and my family, we'll pass on being offered such offal. We really would, if it is allowed in this precise matter, prefer to be part of bridging rather than blasting

dr.e

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