After President Obama’s win this past election Republicans
all scrambled to try and figure out exactly what happened. I have a lot of
ideas, not that any Republicans care what I have to say, but that won’t stop me
from telling Governor Perry when I am at a banquet with him tomorrow night.
One of the greatest issues that I had with the GOP this
election cycle was how they talked about Hispanics. About illegal immigrants
and how they spoke about the Latino voting block as if we are so dumb we can't read their columns, tweets, Facebook statuses or understand their words when
they spoke in front of cameras. The whole idea that we are so dependent on the
Government that Hispanics voted for Obama because he gave us “free gifts”, is
so insulting. Even to me, and I’m a Hispanic Pro-life Catholic woman who didn't vote for Obama and never would. But still the GOP offended me, and they
continue to do so.
Instead of thinking of the Latino vote as some kind of vote
to pander to like we have no brain or education, they should begin by actually
practicing what they preach when it comes to being Pro-life; all life. Not just
the life of the unborn; but the life of the mother and father of that unborn
child regardless if they have papers or not.
That is part of why their anti-abortion stance does not hit
home with most people, because most people can smell the BS of that stance when
those same people turn around and talk about illegal immigrants like they are
animals instead of like they are human lives. The same kind of human life they
claim to be defending when fighting the issue of abortion.
So, if the GOP wants the suggestion of a 36 year old
community college student whose grandparents where field workers, they can look
no further. My suggestion is: quit being hypocrites and start treating all
human beings with dignity and respect, and quit talking about the Latino vote
as if we can’t understand you. We do. It would serve the GOP well to listen to
Marco Rubio on this issue.
After reading Leticia Adam’s blog, “Post Election Thoughts From an Tiny Bit of the Latino Vote” it became clear that they’re real issues going on outside of our own lives. Most people thinking of social barriers as if there were only two colors to be discussed, white and black. The problem is that the majority overlooks the discrimination of all other races as well as ageism. I agree with what Adam’s said about the GOP and how they viewed the Latino’s. To be depicted as something lesser than what you think of yourself is one of the main causes to racism. Most people I know talk about Caucasian’s as if they were as dumb as a crack head. All of that talk stems off of jealousy, envy and anger that has been delivered to us a whole. When the government of anyone decides to talk down on its citizens, they should be prepared for the consequences that the word of mouth has to offer.
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