October 11, 2015
Cruz and Rubio: Here Come the Cubans
I've noticed something about Rubio and Cruz. They're white guys.
They're sons of Cuban immigrants, and their ethnic background is Hispanic, in that their ancestors were from Spain. Spaniards are genetically just as white as Finns, only with a dark complexion. Many Hispanics, in Cuba and elsewhere, intermarried with Native Americans, and to a certain extent with black Africans. The ancestors of Cruz and Rubio did not, to any appreciable extent. You can tell by looking at them.
Since they're Cuban-American, they are not Mexican-Americans. Their language skills will help them a bit, but the large majority of Hispanic-Americans do not identify with them. They're Cubans.They're white.
The Republican presidential candidate can prevail by increasing his share of the Hispanic vote, or the white vote. The problem with concentrating on Hispanics is that they're mainly in the wrong states. Apart from Florida and Colorado, the battleground states...(Read Full Article)