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minus-squaretheolodis@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoAren’t Latinos mostly white (christian) US-Americans?
minus-squareKabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoPerhaps, but what are you getting at? If it’s that they’re white and born in the USA, it doesn’t matter. If they’re Latino because of ancestry, it’s well established in US law that that’s covered by “national origin.” They’re still a protected group.
minus-squaretheolodis@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoHow are they being protected by preventing a representative be selected by them?
Aren’t Latinos mostly white (christian) US-Americans?
Perhaps, but what are you getting at?
If it’s that they’re white and born in the USA, it doesn’t matter. If they’re Latino because of ancestry, it’s well established in US law that that’s covered by “national origin.” They’re still a protected group.
How are they being protected by preventing a representative be selected by them?