Monday, March 24, 2008

Latinos becoming the "others"

I was researching the Obama and Clinton debates, I kept finding tons of debates about the Iraq war and Latino topics. The interesting thing that I found was that eventhough they speak on Latino topics, all of the "mocking" bloopers are picking at the topic of white vs black. Latino seems to always be absent. So then I tried searching for "Obama vs Clinton/Latino", and many other selections in regards of Latino. I constantly kept finding jokes between the two canidates on the internet, none of which spoke on Latino politics. It then began to make me wonder, "is this campagin between blk vs white really helping unite us? And if it is helping to break the race barrier between black and white, is it reversely oppressing Latinos even more?". Because of this election, many feel it will help the discrimination issue between blacks and whites, but i feel like it will weigh on the backs of Latinos. Obviously both canidates are making it a point to take action in the Latino problems that are present today, but it really makes me wonder if this is making the average public view Latinos as the "others" or less "adequate". After reading fluid borders, it is clear that we see a problem in the political issues, but hopefully with time we will see positive change after thiselection opposed to negative.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THIS VIDEO! IT MAY BE HILARIOUS, BUT CAN ALSO SHOW THE PROBLEM I AM DISCUSSING IN THIS BLOG,,, its now about black and whites, not as much about Latinos! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOHquOkpaU

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