Politics and Culture

Eva Longoria was a Hispanic voter in Texas.

I saw this article today on Realclearpolitics and was very interested to see what it said, as the byline seemed to contradict my previous thesis- that many Hispanics or Latinos have a negative feeling towards blacks. I was actually looking forward to saying that I was wrong.

Well, it turns out that I was more right than I thought, for another of my points was that living in the United States lessened racial feelings. Here it is:

McALLEN, Texas — The scene outside an early-voting station here this week looked encouraging enough for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at first: a few dozen of her supporters in this loyal Hispanic stronghold waving Clinton placards, with nary a Barack Obama sign in sight.

But the warning signals for her campaign were clear once those supporters started talking.

"My wife and I support Hillary," said Juan Ruiz, 58, a retired firefighter. "But our kids are for Obama."

Nearly every other parent in the group with voting-age children said the same thing.