Fear of a Non-White Nation

*Here’s some bright news for the day: a survey found that 30 percent of Republicans don’t have a problem with Latinos, specifically. But (there’s always a cloud), they don’t like the idea of a non-white majority America. This article says that  fact may be a problem when the GOP tries to attract Latinos. You think? VL

By Danny Vinik, The New Republic

Conventional wisdom has long held that Republicans need to win a larger share of Hispanic voters to re-take the White House in 2016, and thus, the party should support immigration reform. But a new survey from Brookings and the Public Religion Research Institute confirms what many previous polls have shown: Hispanics don’t care that much about immigration reform. They care more about finding work and being treated with respectand this latest poll shows the Republican party comes up woefully short on both.

This is the GOP’s fundamental problem. It’s impossible to design a policy agenda that both appeals to Hispanics while not alienating the third of the party that fears the changing demographics in America. Immigration reform is just the policy manifestation of this deeper issue. 

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[Photo by Mike Schinkel/Flickr]

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