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Originally Posted by the_tyrant
the race does not matter.
They are all Americans, believing in American ideologies
I really don't see the different race makes
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This is not about race at all. But cultural environments form different worldviews and attitudes towards live. Also, "American" ideology is differed about what it is, too. Starts with the endless battle about carrying guns, leads over the (false) claim that the US were founded as a Christian nation, and ends with the question whether Bush senior was right or wrong when claiming that in his opinion atheists are not even Americans. Republicans and Democrats also have a different focus on what is important for "Americanism". In southern states, wehre they feel the Hispanic impact stronger than in Northern states, politicians have long since started to chnage traditional party positions to win them as voters. Becasue being raised in or having roots in Mexico or Puerto Rico most likely gives a person a slightly different view and attitude then having been born and raised in the US. Or Canada.
I think we will see this shift in inner politics sooner or later. It even seems we already do. But the Republicans still have a greaster way to go there, if they do not want to run short of voters, when the old generation has faded away - and gets to a greater degree replaced by white Northern people, but Hispanic people, and the other migration groups.
Again, race is not the issue here. But individual biographic socialization, and cultural closeness - and cultural difference. Regarding the US and let'S say Puerto Rico, that difference is narrower. With regard to the US and Saudi Arabia, that difference is bigger, much bigger, obviously.