It has been five days since the debate and I have yet to see a single working journalist or columnist even remark upon how almost every answer Trump gave at the debate was openly racist towards Hispanics/Latinos. We, apparently, are a demographic not worth defending. (NOTE: not a comment on Brooke)
Something real bad is happening over on Twitter holy shit. I just saw some real bad tweets about immigrants from folks I had previously thought were anti-racist progressives
I live in a Mexican-American neighbourhood. At least 80% Mexican with lots of Spanish-speaking households. And guess what? Most of the Edgars are for tRump. I don't know... maybe they think they are better than the migrants trying to do the same thing their parents did maybe a decade or two ago.
Young Latinos who wear the Edgar haircut and wave the Mexican flag without even knowing the significance of Sept 15 (or May 5 for that matter). In my nbhd, they are called "Edgars" or "No Sabo Kids". A bit older, and they support tRump despite all logic and reason. Being radicalized by social media?
Now, I'm an old gringo. So everything I know on this subject I learned from my wife (who is from Guatemala) and folks from my neighbourhood (which is > 80% Mexican-American). I listen and I learn.
