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...is like saying Jews for Hitler.
Mostly white people at the “Latino” rally today in Phoenix.
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Trump is polling very well among Latino voters in Nevada and more importantly Florida. While Biden has had an edge, he has not "closed the deal" and is behind by several points in some areas. This could be a crucial difference. Trump does not have to win all of the Latino vote, but he is positioned to win enough of it to hurt. It's a problem.
Despite Trump's Anti stance for anyone who isn't white. I find it strange how so many will support him and the republican party.
Most latinos identify as white anyway. Even one with clear african ancestry identify as suchAlso, its unclear to me why you brought up that many of the attendees read as White. It certainly is not rare for Latins to pass as White. Just think of Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. It's even arguable whether those categories are mutually exclusive. The US Census treats "Hispanic or Latino" as an ethnicity, rather than a race, which is not at all an unusual way to view the matter.
Most latinos identify as white anyway. Even one with clear african ancestry identify as such
I totally get that, but you'd think that they would oppose a group of people or a political organization that would deport them all if they could have their way. But like others have said. They identify with being white so I guess it's not surprising.
I don't know that it translates to the US as well. There are racial categories in the discourse on race that would be favored in certain Latin countries (Mexico being an example; it appears that most Mexicans will favor identifying as Mestizo over identifying as White) but that are not included in the US Census as options. For example, there is no option for identifying as Mestizo in the US census. Also keep in mind that "Hispanic or Latino" is treated as an ethnicity rather than a race. So after a Latino identifies as such, he or she is still faced with the question of what his or her race is. With no option for Mestizo or Mulatto, they are forced to choose from White, Black, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, or Mixed. It's entirely conceivable that many Latinos would favor Mestizo if given the option, but if not given the option, would favor White, for whatever reason.
Also, there is no major political organization that would deport all Hispanics / Latinos from the USA if given the option. That's just an outrageous notion. There are some in the GOP who would deport all illegal immigrants if given the option. And many US Latinos wouldn't be particularly bothered by all illegal immigrants being deported.
On many government and company forms. There is always a field for Latino/Hispanic. So the option is there if they so choose.
Truth is many Latinos identify with being white.
Most probably have white ancestry.
The Republican Party in particular would love to deport all Latinos in America.
I highly doubt it, even black puerto ricans identify as white.That's an interesting point. I think that depends on the particular culture. Like, Argentinians are an example of a Latin culture where White identity is very common, but Mexicans would be an example where it is less so.
On the US census, they are treated as different categorical classes. "White", "Black", "Asian", and so forth are treated as races. "Hispanic" and "Latino" are treated as ethnicities. So, for someone to give a complete answer on the census to the race and ethnicity question, they have to provide both White and Hispanic, or Black and Latino, or Asian and non-Hispanic, or whatever other combination. So to suggest they could choose Hispanic/Latino instead of White makes no sense.
Additionally, what you said overlooks the question of what would be chosen if given the option of White or Mestizo. Because that option is not provided on the census.
That's not in question. What is in question are assertions like "Most Latinos identify as White." This sort of assertion does not line up well with surveys of racial identity in many Latin American countries.
That's irrelevant. A little bit of this or a little bit of that in one's family tree has never had much determining force in one's racial identification. The one exception to that was the "one drop rule". Which, mind you, was a rule that restricted White identity, rather than broadened it, as you seem to want to do.
Given that the Latin racial schema has specific terms for specific racial mixes (e.g. mestizo, mulatto, zambo, etc), it really wouldn't even make sense to suppose that a Latino who is 9/16th Spanish and 7/16th Amerindian would necessarily identify as White. He/she may as well identify as Mestizo (note that is how he/she would have been identified in the casta system).
Nonsense. Society would rapidly collapse if any demographic of that size were removed, and everyone knows that.
Desperate Donald, losing Latino support, spews lies by tweeting manipulated Biden video
As Joe Biden unveiled his detailed plan for Puerto Rico at an Hispanic Heritage Month event in Kissimmee, Florida, Donald Trump got into the act by once again using Twitter to spread the very “fake news” he spews about.
Desperation and deception go hand in hand. Makes you wonder what internal polls are telling the Liar-in-Chief.
The good news is that Trump no longer has carte blanche to do the dirty dance he’s known for. Twitter, facing a lot of pressure from media accuracy groups and individual users, is now tagging Trump’s fakes as “manipulated media.”
The bad news is that simply putting a tiny “manipulated media” tag on a tweet doesn’t prevent it from being spread like a vile virus. They need to be taken down as soon as he posts them.