As a second generation Latino I believe it has to do with assimilation. Most of my family works in construction in some way (including myself) and they’re usually uneducated and easily manipulated. It’s no surprise the right targets blue collar workers and bombards them with anti-social program rhetoric about “your tax dollars being used to fund the lazy” bullshit. Also, and I hate to say this, blacks and Latinos didn’t mix historically. The BLM stuff moved a lot of minorities (Asians and others) away from the left and I’m still embarrassed by it - another example being that Latinos and whites get along in California jails and don’t associate with blacks. Shits fucking retarded.
I can apply one of my favorite quotes to this situation: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” - LBJ… but instead use brown instead of white 🤣
The BLM stuff moved a lot of minorities (Asians and others) away from the left
Can you expand on this? I haven’t stumbled upon this before
It has to do with minorities coming to America, finding some success and wondering why the black community can’t seem to break through. This line of rationale is over simplifying the long standing history of racism and oppression that has kept minorities down for generations in the US. All minorities in the US face an uphill battle in a sense, but folks who migrated more recently haven’t experienced it for generations (esp like the pre-civil rights gens did). The playing field is also improving, although still has a way to go, and more recent immigrants are in a better place to possibly find some degree of success. This makes some people, who don’t take the history into account, ask, “I did it, why can’t you?” …which is the republican mentality
10000% this
I’ll leave a few examples of what I mean but growing up in the 90’s, it was cool to be racist against blacks. My family was no exception and it was expected of us to not get along. This wasn’t an isolated incident as the whole world of “pick-me-minorites” (including other black people) was growing. The system made us enemies and with it came a culture of acceptable racism. So it’s no surprise that these older generations still harbored some misguided hatred when the BLM protests/riots happened. My family, as much as I love them, are completely stupid and immature when it comes to racial issues. My own sweet mother is afraid of black people and is oftentimes on the giving end of some wild racist quotes. But her uncle was killed by a black man over a pair of shoes so I guess it’s “justified?” Obviously not.
So it could be a case of underlying racism that pushed them over the edge. The BLM movement was viewed negatively and as “typical behavior and patterns of violence of their kind” even though the overwhelming majority was peaceful. So it pushed the center to the right the right even further.
Anyways, here’s some links to the turmoil - not necessarily a direct link to my original claim but I guess you have to make the connection. The left media won’t (I sound so far-right right now 🤣)
https://www.vox.com/22321234/black-asian-american-tensions-solidarity-history
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooftop_Koreans
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1992/10/blacks-vs-browns/306655/
I grew up in Southern California, in the 90’s during peak gang culture. It wasn’t about being “cool,” it was literally about two entirely different types of cultures that hated each other. My Mexican family blamed a lot of crime and issues in their neighborhoods on blacks, and vice versa. I went to a school that had gang fights every day, blacks hated Mexicans and Mexicans hated blacks. That’s why they even go their separate ways in prison. It wasn’t about being cool, it was about survival. And that mentality is generational. My uncles fought with blacks on the streets of Southern California, and now, my cousins are doing the same. I also think it’s the “system.” It was literally stupid territory differences. It had nothing to with any kind of system, it was more about you stay where you’re at and take care of your people, and we’ll do the same…
Many Asians sadly fall victim to believing in the model minority myth, that Asians are somehow not like other immigrants because they “assimilated” in spite of racism against them without the chaotic and disruptive protests. In truth, the Asian model minority myth was and is a racial wedge used to push Asians against others, and itself perpetuates many harmful stereotypes. Never mind the fact that Asian civil rights movements were similar to (and in fact supported ) their Black counterparts, but erased from history.
‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks : Code Switch : NPR - https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans - The Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/29/the-real-reason-americans-stopped-spitting-on-asian-americans-and-started-praising-them/
Asian American movement - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American_movement
Basically, BLM had the attitude of “if you’re not with us, you’re a racist.” And that was just way too extreme. Many people, including Latinos, just didn’t care, or didn’t want to get involved. When BLM started looting and burning down things in their neighborhoods, they became more angry and didn’t care even more. However, they were lumped together with everyone else as “racists” or “bigots” if they didn’t want to march hand in hand with blacks.
I’m 2nd generation and I disagree. My family tends to vote Republican because of their strong Catholic beliefs. My grandparents are good people, they’ve lived here for almost their entire lives (came from Mexico when they were young) and have always voted Republican because they believe the Republicans do more to protect religion. They’re not “uneducated” or “easily manipulated.” They simply think that the Left wants to take away things they have always felt very strong about, which is family and religion.
If they think religion needs protection, they are easily manipulated.
Democrats are no better. I mean, I grew up being told I’m deprived because I’m a minority, and that I should vote Democrat because of this reason. I remember literally being told by a teacher in 5th grade that I HAVE to vote Democrat because I’m Mexican. Democrats have done an excellent job manipulating minorities into thinking that they can only vote one way…
Democrats are a lot better tho
I remember the Latino support in 2016 surprising a lot of people and it had to be explained to people that:
a) “Latino” isn’t a monolithic voting block and:
b) Cubans can hate Mexicans as much as white Republicans do.
Republicans are also more anti-Castro-regime than democrats, so that’s another way you can slice it.
Because many people can only feel good about themselves if they think they are above someone else.
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There are stupid people of every size shape, color, gender, and ethnicity.
Pendejos hay en todas partes
“If you don’t have liberal views and vote Democrat, you’re stupid!” Sincerely, Liberals and Democrats.
I mean, you’re not wrong.
And now you know why Trump won in 2016… because 60 million people were told they were stupid…
Well 60 million ARE stupid to have voted for trump. And you’re one of them lol. Trump won because of the electoral college.
Spoken like a true Democrat: “You’re stupid, because you’re not like me!”
No, that’s not why you’re stupid, being “not like me” can be a good trait. Voting for trump is what makes you stupid. Also I’m not a Democrat :D
That’s cool, cause I’m not a Republican…and I didn’t once say I was voting for Trump…but keep assuming and generalizing, that’s what the Left does best!
“we get called ‘white supremacists’ or ‘racists.’ There’s nothing racist about a guy called Gabriel Garcia.”
Ah *checks note a Spanish name. Yes Spain has zero white supremacist. /s https://albavolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/670201-spain-dictator-salute.jpg
Being Latin American doesn’t automatically mean you got indigenous or African ancestry.
It also doesn’t preclude them from being white supremacists, just ask Enrique Tarrio.
Yeah, anyone who knows the history of Latin America knows there’s a shit ton of racism.
To add; Having indigenous or African ancestry doesn’t automatically protect you from adopting white supremacist beliefs
Latinos have always been relatively conservative… but more and more Latinos are coming from deeply religious backgrounds.
The right intentionally tries to say Democrats are socialist, exactly like the socialists that you fled from in Cuba, etc. It’s amazing that it works, but it does.
Most latinos also come from political and economic realities that are a wet dream for conservatives (free ride for the rich, classist system, systemic racism, shameless corruption, etc.) They support the thing they ran from because they think they’re ‘superior’ to those behind them.
Latino comminities in general are very conservative due to cultural roots and emphasis on family structure and traditions around it. While its admiral traits and aspects of their culture, also makes them vulnerable to any smooth talking snake saying the leftists are coming to break up your families and force your grandkids to be gay. Combine that with a very religious background for most and it just goes to show how overtly damn racisit the right is that Latinos don’t make a massive portion of their base. Its everythint the right wants for voters but they have the wrong skin color for their other core groups to tolerate enmasse.
Kind of like how the Left intentionally tries to say Republicans are fascists? Also, the Right doesn’t have to say anything to convince Latinos that the Democrat Party isn’t the party for them…you’re assuming minorities and immigrants can’t think for themselves…
They just tripped and accidentally fell on all 12 points of fascism. Right?
Lol.
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Latinos aren’t a monolith. They don’t vote like a monolith. The article gets close to realizing that, but falls short. At the end of the day Latinos vote R for the same reason White people do.
If you’re going to pretend to read the article, you could’ve at least read the headline. “Some”
Man that last sentence there is really telling about you.
Dude that’s the question they try to answer in the article.
What, Latinos can’t be fascists?
Man for someone who’s throwing around the word fascist you sure do miss racist dog whistles easily don’t you?
It’s not a racist dog whistle. It’s an accurate representation of the polls.
What, exactly, is the dogwhistle in the last sentence you’re worried about?
Read it again very carefully and if you can’t tell me the problem then you’re the problem
Okay buddy 🤣
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I love it how motherjones insinuates the dreaded right wing is an evil cult.
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Latino is not a race. They are Spanish speakers, foremost.
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The author of the article presumably thinks that Latinos should want open borders, because they are the same race, or something of that nature.
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The author assumes that American Latinos should be proud of a country they were not born in, don’t live in, and perhaps no family in.
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Latinos, Hispanics, Latinx, whatever liberals decide to call them, are not necessarily foreign to the soil of the US. Latinos been in the US since before the US expansion toward the West. They existed inside Texas when it was a republic. The Hispanos, that is what they call themselves of the American Southwest, are not Mexican, they have been around during the days of Spaniards. Do you really expect them to identify with a country for which they have no ancestral ties to? Furthermore, Mexican isn’t a race. Mexico is a country where you have Mexican Jews, Mexican sub-Saharan Africans, Asian-Mexicans., and Amerindians.
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Some points the author gets mostly right: Yes, an invisible caste system does exist in a lot of Latin America, but not ALL of Latin America. Cubans and Dominicans are racially integrated while at the same time Dominicans are nationalist, and even pan-latin. You can’t blame the continued existence of a caste system on white folks. You can’t blame racial-ethnic tensions in South America between the Amerindians and mestizos on white folks, either. There are no white folks teaching Bolivians to be prejudice against each other.
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Hispanics may not like a country like Mexico, not because they’re racist; they genuinely think the country sucks. That is rational. There is good nationalism and there is bad nationalism. Good nationalism seeks to improve the quality of the nation in economic well-being, or happiness, and security, through achievement. Bad nationalism is tribalism, and you will find a lot of that in Latin America as well. That is irrational because you imagine some special quality of being a national, but you can’t quite figure out what. It is an issue of substance.
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What about the politics of Latinos? They do they like the US because it is a country of laws, or do you expect them to look onto a lawless country more favorably? Migrants vote with their feet.
What motherjones wants is to imagine is ourselves as communist, where we ignore our differences and assume we are all equal or the same. Motherjones wants you to think simply of right wing latinos as being influenced by the Ku Klux Klan. They miss the mark so often, I don’t read them. Of course, it is about race, that is what motherjones is about.
Latino doesn’t mean Spanish speaking. That’s Hispanic.
While Spanish is the largest language. It’s not the only language.
French and Portuguese, don’t consider themselves Latino. You are wrong because you don’t read the dictionary. I actually read.
Adjective: Hispanic, relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America. Relating to Spanish-speaking people or their culture, especially in the US. “The New York Hispanic community” noun: Hispanic; plural noun: Hispanics a Spanish-speaking person living in the US, especially one of Latin American descent.
It’s not that everything is about race, as much as it is that race does exist, and is something a great many people pay attention to. Wanting to ignore this and pretend nobody does and nobody should talk about it is disingenuous and sneaky.
Someone never learned the difference between equity and equality.
Do better you narrow perspective twit.
So what do you see that is equity and not equality? Affirmative action? Transgenders playing women’s sports?
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Removed, overt racism, unless you dropped the /s tag which is possible. Erroring on the safe side of Poe’s Law:
Please excuse my omission of the /s. Yes this was my bastardized form of the Trump quote from a while back when he attacked Latinos. The comment was made in gest and I definitely don’t think Latinx people are criminals or rapists. I’ll be sure to add the /s in the future for clarity.
Latinx is linguistic imperialism.
I’m half Mexican. Our whole lives, we’re told we MUST vote Democrat because we’re “minorities.” Growing up in Southern California, I remember, literally, being taught that we were NOT good enough to be Republicans. “Democrats are the poor people, Republicans are the rich people…” I remember my 6th grade teacher telling me this. As I got older and started thinking for myself, I realized that I can vote any way I want. It’s the Democrats that told me I couldn’t. I think more and more Latinos are starting to realize that they CAN vote Republican, and that they ARE good enough…many Latinos have very conservative views (due to Catholicism) yet, they were told they can’t vote Republican…
you can vote for trump, my dude. no one will stop you.
only issue is… then you get Trump?
You make it sound like if people told Latinos they can’t vote for Democrats then they wouldn’t want to vote Republican anymore. But we all know that ain’t true. Grievances only go direction way in the USA, from the right.
The GOP is the party for people in a bubble that want to feign victimhood while oppressing working people who are actually the oppressed.
There’s a conservative Latino in my family who married a white karen, he’s always bashing other Latinos. It doesn’t matter what color their skin is, rightwing Republicans act the same in my experience.
I’m half Mexican half white… growing up, the only racism I ever experienced was by other Mexicans at my schools because they were farm workers, poor, and saw me as a “half breed” wannabe. My parents didn’t work in the fields, and we lived in a nice side of town (this was when California was bussing in kids from other areas into poorer areas…). My dad busted his ass, went to trade school and got a good job when we were kids, same with my mother. However, I was picked on for looking white and having a white mother. At my schools, all our teachers would talk about how wonderful Democrats were, while constantly bashing Republican leaders. My experience is much more different than what the democrats would have you believe.
Looking at everything you post, you’re clearly a right wing troll. Go shill elsewhere
There is nowhere else. Every single site is 99% Left/Democrat…that doesn’t mean I don’t get to express my opinions like the rest of you clones.
The classic can/can’t vs. should/shouldn’t.
