The Left is playing with its own destruction if they inject racial politics against the Latino community. And it is not because they would create a false narrative that could split the Progressive forces, but because it would actually uncover a little dirty secret: The immense majority of Slaves brought from Africa and raised in the Americas were owned by Latinos.
The numbers indicate that from 75% to 80% of the Slaves on this side of the Atlantic were under the ownership of Latino land owners working the fields and even long after the Spanish and the Portuguese had zero control over Latin American countries. In fact, slavery was alive and in the Brazilian legal books til almost the 20th Century.
It would be hilarious to see Black activist suddenly start going full stupid against Latinos. Will they burn the Mexican flag as it represents Slavery? God knows the Aztecs did own slaves from other tribes. Will Black Leaders demand Spanish not to be taught as it is the language of Latino Supremacists? I have one better, the following names need to be erased from our maps: Florida, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and the Republica of Tejas because they in Spanish, the language of Slave Owners.
And best yet, they need to immediately demand the Mexican Government to pay for reparations. Holy shit, the possibilities for political entertainment are limitless.
This needs to happen.
So the Americanized grandchildren of the educated Cuban intelligencia and Puerto Rican US citizens hate the illiterate Mexican illegals and MS-13? Who would have guessed? Except maybe people from south Florida who are tired of Latino being associated with illegal Mexican migrant farm workers. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised to see fully Americanized, educated people of Mexican heritage start joining these groups. I can’t imagine how insulting it must be to be a 3rd or 4th generation American and be talked to like you just swam across the Rio Grande because your name is Sanchez.
Popcorn status:
Oil heating…
Actual knowledge of the other cultures they white knight has never really been a strong suit for the Left.
It counts against them, I think. Casual tourist level knowledge is the highest rated, with the pinnacle being knowing a place by staying at a 5-star hotel and visiting with Ivy-league and Oxford/Cambridge educated government officials.
There’s also the carefully isolated & protected “ecotourist” resort in a scenic part of whatever third world country, where you can pretend to be “roughing it”.