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In reply to the discussion: What Liberals Don't Understand About Pro-Trump Latinos [View all]Beringia
(4,316 posts)While Biden generally enjoys majority support from Blacks, it is not so from Latinos. Also there was a lot of support for Bernie Sanders, so there is a big split there. Considering Latinos are making up a larger part of the demographics in America, this is an important political piece of the puzzle.
I feel glad for immigrants coming over, but I do find it sad and troubling that for example in the neighborhood I live in, Berwyn, it is mainly Hispanic. And my father spent his whole career working to integrate neighborhoods such as Berwyn that was all White, (and he had many experiences in Berwyn), for Black people.
I have been reading a book by Ofari Earl Hutchinson to try to understand these matters more.
A review from Good Reads
This book by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a noted African American journalist, novelist, and radio and television commentator, was inspired by an misunderstanding with a Chicano poet from his home town of Chicago. Hutchinson discusses hot button topics where Latinos and African-Americans are in conflict, such as immigration reform, jobs, education, and the military, which mainly consist of recent events in California and his home town of Los Angeles. One unifying theme to these accounts is the mistrust that members of both groups have towards each other, and the lack of leadership displayed by prominent members of both communities. Hutchinson's accounts make for interesting reading, and it is a good introduction to the problems dividing these two groups, but the book is limited by a lack of in depth analysis and recommendations.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2068663.The_Latino_Challenge_to_Black_America