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dude, advocating marketing to hispanophones in the americas because they're a growing "demographic" the way you did is just as ignorant as anything i said, the difference i knew i was doing it. do you think a second-gen colombian kid going to miami who grew up in biscayne playing the trumpet or lacrosse and taking german and a first-gen mexican with no education doing shitty work are going to throw money at you the same way? your two biggest "hispanic" markets speak different languages, some nationalities HATE others-congrats on trying to lump 23 countries together based on race and language and try to sell to them.



James makes my point about the difference between struggling immigrants and second-gens, and goes further: There really is no "Latino Market." There is no Homogenous, Monolithic Hispanic Culture. In my experience, it's considered a sport to insult your buddies by calling them a nationality to which they don't belong. Even here at XPT. Witness El G and Chico, two guys I like, call each other "Salvadoran." From what I've seen: Mexicans don't like Cubanos. Cubanos don't like Dominicanos. And Dominicanos don't like anybody.

BTW: This is the same mistake the Democratic Party consistantly and persistantly makes when trying to court Latino voters. You just can't use the same Schtick in Spanish Harlem as you do in Bill Richardson Country, and it's one of the things that's killing the Party.Karl Rove got it, and exploited it to the hilt Twice. I wish we Dems would finally learn.
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