On August 2nd, a classmate posted a sincere op-ed about his experiences as a Hispanic constituent with some comments on mapping the Hispanic voting trajectory.
This post was inherently in reference to a previous post that asserted that
Even though Texas is mostly conservatives and has some of the top universities in the United States, it still has lots of uneducated and lots of liberal citizens."
The semantics of statement itself equivocated liberals with being uneducated.
But with humility in mind, my classmate retracted his statement concluding that not all protestors are "illiterate." Though well written, there is a sense of alarm in his tone as he asserts in his "Blog #7" that somehow the Hispanic people have been conned into protesting for bills, such as the abortion bill, even though it was against their beliefs.
Though it is true that a majority of Catholics are Hispanic, thus religious beliefs forbid abortions, it is important to understand that Hispanics protesting against HB 1 were not protesting abortion: they were protesting a bill that limits health access to destitute women- most of whom are Hispanic.
Furthermore, the assertion that the "liberal media" is corrupting minds and forcing protests is illogical.
The end paragraph stating the importance of education may be a truthful point of view, but is demeaning to the Hispanic population he comes from. From my classmates experience, the majority of Hispanics that he has been around have been illiterate and "uneducated." He stresses the fact that education will change their point of view. While I completely agree that education is the frontier for knowledge, it is illogical and demeaning to somehow correlate a majority of the Hispanic population as illiterate and also saying that these same illiterate hispanics are at the forefront of protests.
One thing is for certain: The Hispanic population will continue to rise. Education and poverty levels in the Hispanic community are unfortunately low. But that aspect in no way, should be utilized to disenfranchise or stereotype against the Hispanic population.
To read more go to: http://tpntt.blogspot.com/2013/08/blog-7-texas-state-and-local-govt.html
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