You should feel completely justified in correcting them in that the primary criteria is that one come from a Spanish-speaking country, which Brazil and Italy are not.
so basically hispanics is not a race, but simply refers to the group of people who are from countries in the Americas with a history of Spanish colonization
So in Peoria if you see a dark skinned Dominican, and a light skinned Chilean, they are just treated as Latino race, end of story. Yeah....no.
If you interact with them enough to know their nationality that might be how you refer them. If they have enough Caucasian blood to look white then most Peorians might refer to them as such, if they have enough African blood to look black then that's exactly how Peorians will describe them. If they have enough indigenous American blood to look tan, and they have a Spanish accent, then they'll be referred as Hispanic.
Greg Abbott EASILY wins. Wendy, you got obliterated. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/wendy-davis-and-greg-abbott-await-polls-closing/nhzNy/ After 8 p.m., when the polls closed in El Paso, the Associated Press called the race for Abbott. With well over half of the vote counted, Attorney General Abbott held a commanding lead over state Sen. Davis. With more than 2 million votes tallied, Abbott was leading Davis 59 percent to 40 percent, according to figures posted by the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
Yeah, big bet and out-of-state hype that just didn't pay off. Perry may be a buffoon nationally but he set the damn table, this is a 50-year majority. Great as he was, Bullock really shut the door when he couldn't endorse Mauro over Bush. And there are just a hair more Hispanic Republicans down here than people might realize.
This is actually a big deal. After all of the demonizing the Hispanic vote, they still don't vote color/race. They actually vote for the issues, not what their masters tell them to. As they get integrated with traditional Texas society, they adopt our conservative traditions. As for the 50 year majority, its really doubtful. Chances are there will be some scandal OR party re-alignment in the next 20 years.
Lol the difference I noticed on social media as well as this forum is that Republicans have ABSOLUTELY no class when they win. Acting like 5th graders who just won their first rec league dodge ball game. Just go look at Abbot's twitter posts before and after the election, smh...
Nope - the reality is that they don't vote. With the exception of the Cubans, the Hispanic demographic are overwhelmingly Democrat and if they'd just start showing up to the polls, this state will go blue. But that's a big if - it seems like only the wrongheaded conservatives show up to vote consistently and if they have their way, they'll be the only ones allowed to vote as well. We get the government we deserve. Abbot is a hateful troll with no redeeming qualities, but so long as people wrongly think the GOP had anything to do with the "Texas miracle" (hint - they didn't), they'll continue to elect these types.
You are looking at it from the point of view of a partisan. I have no doubt those types of comments are coming. I can speak to the same type of commentary in 2006, 2008, and 2012 coming from liberals. Don't worry. In 8 years, chances are the pendulum will switch the other direction. Its how its gone for as long as I can remember. Its whether in the times in between we can start to talk TO each other instead of PAST each other. In the meantime, grow a thicker skin and ignore those who are dicks. Nobody likes a sore loser anymore than a gloating winner.
Boo hoo, my team lost. The winning team has no class....... This happens every election. Happened in 2012, will happen in every election ever! Get over it. Live your life. There's always next time. Don't worry about what people say on Twitter :grin:
I agree with you, and am generally new to the landscape of state level politics. But to help my future arguments against my fellow college students' baseline argument of "De-regulation and trickle down work becuz... becuz... becuz LOOK AT TEXAS!" could you elaborate on why Texas' economy has thrived so much despite the recession and economic hard times faced by most of the country.
While it is easy to point to how the oil industry has contributed to the financial success of the state, with all of the spotlight on how the Texas economy is so good, why does Texas rank so lowly in such important areas as education and poverty?
Lots of pundits of talked about Texas turning purple (or blue). It should be surprising to them (So have many on this forum). Glad this gold-digging w**** lost.
