Now that the political theater of the conventions is over, the commentary keeps plowing on from: who got their message out, who motivated their base the most, and, oh so importantly, which party had the best (read: most) Latino representative. I’ve complained in the past about demographers insisting that the Latino Vote is a monolith. Insisting that Latinos swear political allegiance to only one party is just a different way to stereotype, as far as …
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The Latino Vote?
I couldn’t be more tired of hearing the term “Latino vote”. Who are these amorphous Latinos? Where did they come from? Just to be clear, here is a little something about my family background: My mother is an immigrant from Peru. She was educated in a convent school and came here when she was 18 to work as a nanny for a family in Marin County, CA. My father was born in Upland, CA, the …
