ethnicity

Growing up in California you naturally are around a lot of Hispanics. When I was a kid we called them Mexicans.

I was raised by three devout Irish Catholic women from northern Minnesota, and even though Mexicans were also Catholic they didn’t like them. They really didn’t like any people they were unfamiliar with, especially blacks. The strange part was that they were sweet, lovely women, and prejudiced all to hell.

I got along OK with Mexicans, and blacks too, for that matter. They didn’t seem like a threat to me. When I was 15 a bunch of us white boys hitchhiked into the central valley to make a little money working in the fields, doing stoop labor. None of us lasted more than a couple of hours. Everyone in the fields doing the work was Mexican, except for one black guy. Those people are still doing all the work, 65 years later. The California economy is utterly dependent on them.

I still get along just fine with Hispanics, especially now since they’re changing how they vote. They are turning into my political allies. This totally screws the Democrats, in addition to all the other challenges they face.

The Hispanics I’ve gotten to know are mostly macho guys. They don’t like pansy-asses, and the bossy women who run the lives of pansy asses. They like this country and are damn glad it’s not like where they come from, whether it’s Mexico or somewhere else in Latin America. After a generation or two or three they turn into regular Americans.

This change in their voting behavior is accelerating. Having a preachy privileged black woman as their candidate hurt the Democrats with Hispanics. Hispanics, for the most part, don’t identify with blacks. They’re more comfortable around a white guy like Trump than a black woman like Harris.

What the hell is an Hispanic, or Latino anyway? Someone whose ancestors spoke Spanish, I guess. Race really doesn’t have anything to do with it. There are white Hispanics, black Hispanics, Native American Hispanics and everything in between.

In what meaningful way is Senator Ted Cruz any different from all the Senators with names like Murphy or Murkowski?

According to a genetic analysis by 23andMe I’m 99.7% white. Babbie is probably whiter than I am. My race used to be 90% of the USA. It will soon be a minority, if it’s not already. I don’t lose any sleep over it. I value my liberty, and that of my family, not my race. And my liberty is derived from my culture, not my skin color. And my culture is American red, white and blue.

If you accept this as your culture, you’re my brother, no matter where you came from, or what color your skin is.

Bienvenido, amigos!