Black-Brown Divide

Please--as a Latino voter, I am asking: stop referring to us as "brown." We're not ALL "brown."

I'm sick and tired of the white-male dominated media. How come there is no single African-American or Hispanic talk show host (I don't know what Lester Holt is) in the mainstream media, not to mention the shortage of diverse pool of political experts? All you hear about the Democratic election from the mainstream liberal media is one-sided, race-filtered garbage. Are our universities graduating any African-American journalists and political scientists who could bring alternative point of views to this one-sided spin media? Even the much respected Tim Russet this days surrounds himself with one-sided political experts and lets them patronize us with one sided and self-serving prophesies. There is a huge chunk of under served segment of American society whose views and opinions are not being reflected in the mainstream media. I'm no racist and cared less about the identity of the individuals who dominate and control the media if they acted responsibly and fairly. I'm sick and tired of watching politicians turned journalists/experts like Pat Buchanan brain wash us with their hidden agenda masquerading it as a neutral point of view or some half-baked Political Director of MSNBC present to us his wishes as some kind of poll supported finding. Is there anyone out there who wants to team up to create a new news media that is reflective of America? If you ask me, the media has more racial tendencies than the politicians, only that they push it down our throat like they are just doing their job.

Stop being sheep people. Hillary Clinton wants you talking about ANYTHING besides her actual record. Bring it down to petty ethical questions (which all politicians have - yes Obama has them, too). HEAR ME: I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON. She destroyed any chance of Health Care for 16 years. She voted FOR IRAQ. She voted FOR KYLE-LIEBERMAN. Keep squabbling about BS and you are going to get what you deserve: a divisive, power-hungry, ineffective leader. I can't believe I'm saying this but I've been looking at McCain - he's pro-environment, i hate his position on Iraq - but at least he took a stand and he's more honest than the Clinton snakes.

Well put Mr. Jhindrew, but unfortunately Latinos and Asians believe they have more in common with whites than blacks even though whites believe otherwise, many immigrants from Latin America and Asia bring their own prejudices towards blacks with them and pass them on down; many of them believing that many blacks are lazy and not hard working. White is looked upon as beautiful in both Latin America and Asia, put a blond, blue-eyed man or woman in a room and watch them be treated with the upmost respect, put a black individual in the same room and watch him be ignored; just look at Spanish soap operas there are more whites on those shows than is represented in their communities but that is what they love, the black character tends to be a maid or some lowly individual as well as the Indian. In Brazil where it is 48-49% black/brown, you will usually see white models/actors, except for their soccer club which is predominately black. The white "liberal" media likes to use and condemn racism (Don Imus, Jena 6), but how many blacks have their own shows on CNN,MSNBC,Headline News, Fox or when children go missing it is always white kids you always see on tv, the white liberal shows their racism daily on tv and no one says anything? They recycle white actors who have never been on television just movies or they bring in British, Canadian, Australian actors instead of hiring minorities to be on their shows, and when they do they are usually maids, criminals or need help from the main white characters. It is a shame that in a new century we still can't move passed race, but unfortunately it will always be there.

The labels "hispanic" and "latino" were not requested by the very people who are identified by their use. These terms came into being as an attempt to lump a group of diverse and culturally different people under one generic umbrella. My ancestors are from Mexico. I don't have anything in common with Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, etc. The spanish language may be the dominant language, but from a political standpoint we have different agendas, wants and needs. Lumping us all together is an attempt to simplify our issues and impact on the country, similiar to labeling all white people as "Caucasian."
The race issue will always be woven deep into the fabric of this country. Capitalism depends on it. It is what keeps us stuck in the muck economic and political inequality. it's used to conquer and divide. Let's face it, if we all woke up tomorrow and racism was gone, what would happen next? How long before we realized the real division in this country is the unbalanced distribution of wealth, the polarization of the "haves" and the "have nots?" The "haves" need racism to maintain the status quo. Once the rest of us realize that, then you'll have your next revolution.
So you can put whoever you want in the White House. It's all about maintaining the status quo. Corporate America bought D.C. a long time ago. Wake up.

Hellary is playing the Latino Race/Age/Education Card in CA. My mom and I are both registered democrats. My mom who is a Latino Sr. Citizen gets several Hellary mailings a week. I am half Latina, have a masters degree and am reasonably young (under 40) and Hellary seems to be ignoring my mailbox. I find that fascinating.

Obviously, I am not a Hellary supporter but neither is my mom. We will both likely vote Republican in Novemeber if Hellary is the Democratic candidate.

Hellary is playing the Latino Race/Age/Education Card in CA. My mom and I are both registered democrats. My mom who is a Latino Sr. Citizen gets several Hellary mailings a week. I am half Latina, have a masters degree and am reasonably young (under 40) and Hellary seems to be ignoring my mailbox. I find that fascinating.

Obviously, I am not a Hellary supporter but neither is my mom. We will both likely vote Republican in Novemeber if Hellary is the Democratic candidate.