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Latinos, Linked Fate, and the DREAM Act

Jamelle BouieJun 19, 2012

At Real Clear Politics, Sean Trende doesn’t think that President Obama will benefit politically from his decision to unilaterally implement a lite version of the DREAM Act. In addition to the potential for backlash, there’s the fact that Latinos aren’t a major demographic in most swing states:

The Black/Non-Black Divide.

Jamelle BouieJan 18, 2011

Jeb Bush talks with The Wall Street Journal about the Latino vote:

His insistence on engagement is not a call for multiculturalism. Quite the opposite: "The beauty of America -- one of the things that so separates us [from the rest of the world] -- is this ability to take people from disparate backgrounds that buy into the American ideal."

"Real Americans."

Adam SerwerApr 27, 2010

During a conversation about race and the Tea Party last week, Conor Friedersdorf insisted that the whole "Real Americans" trope had nothing to do with race, because the definition of who is a "Real American" also includes contempt for an arbitrary category of white liberals.