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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJulin Castro warns Democrats of 'potential slide of Latino support'
Julián Castro, the lone Latino to run for the Democratic presidential nomination this year, has warned at the outset of the partys convention Democrats risk losing Latino support if they do not make greater efforts at inclusion.
I think that we could win the battle and lose the war, Castro told Axios, of the fight to defeat Donald Trump. We could win in November, but you could see a potential slide of Latino support for Democrats.
Castro spoke as activists directed a welter of criticism at the Democratic National Committee for inviting only three Latino politicians to speak independently during the four-day convention.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/18/julian-castro-democrats-latino-support|
kimbutgar
(20,882 posts)So ethnic looking he could be picked up by the INS by his looks alone. I know a few of them my self who think MF45 should be kicking out those illegals.
Julian has a good point.
liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)And have met my share of racist Latinos. "My family is Hispanic, not Mexican" (the latter said with the same derision as the racist Trump supporter) as they look down on Mexican Americans and advocate actively discriminating against them. My mom took in a Latina when we were kids whose family disowned her for getting engaged to a man from Mexico and her brothers had threatened to harm him. So it's not just Caucasians who are avid racists.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)I never understood it. The people who think they are better off being "Spanish" rather than "Mexican" aren't going to look any different to the uber racists who only see "darker than white".
Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)still_one
(91,965 posts)Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)I know youll sad about the primaries. Maybe you can get revenge
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)Inclusion and diversity is certainly important but this is certainly not division we need right now.