Word: hispanicism
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In 1980, Latino voters cast about 2% of all votes. Last year it was 9%, and Obama won that Hispanic vote with a crushing 35-point margin. By 2030, the Latino share of the vote is likely to double. In Texas, the crucial buckle for the GOP's Electoral College...
Sotomayor does not appear to be a crusader for radical change. She has always sought change from within the system rather than fundamentally challenging its premises. As a student at Princeton, she co-chaired a Puerto Rican student organization and filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about...
You would need a heart of stone not to be inspired by Sotomayor's story. But does her superior knowledge of "ordinary" people arise from being Hispanic? Sotomayor thinks so, if we believe the snippet from a 2001 speech at the University of California, Berkeley, law school that rippled across...
As for his onstage companion, Achmed insists he's not a Muslim: "Look at my butt. It says MADE IN CHINA." But through him, Dunham taps into a repertoire of Muslim stereotypes. Achmed spells his name "A ... C ... phlegm ..." and he's dismayed when he looks into the audience for...
Gallup •shocking poll by reveals that "Republican base heavily white, conservative, religious" and "Democrats are more likely to be moderate or liberal, Hispanic, or black or other races"