BLM is a big deal with Latino voters...

[Silky Johnson]

BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia

Growing numbers of Latinos in Georgia have come out to support the Black Lives Matter movement over the past few months — and increasingly, it’s shaping how they could vote in the upcoming US general election.

Jerry Gonzalez, the executive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, recently took part in a recent Black Lives Matter protest in Atlanta. GALEO is focused on getting Latinos in Georgia to the polls.

“Police killing unarmed Black and brown people is really something that has not been addressed systemically,” he said at the protest. “And Latinos stand in solidarity with the African American community in making sure that justice is served.”

Racial justice and police brutality are also important to 20-year-old Leticia Arcila, a first-generation, Mexican American who will vote in her first presidential election this November.

“It's just so frustrating to see how many people have to die and have to face fear every day in order for you to understand that this is wrong,” she said. “It's just so hard to wrap my mind around that some people truly don't believe that Black lives matter.”

The Latino vote could be pivotal in this election and could help turn some red states blue — or at least more purple. Most Latinos in the US tend to vote for Democratic candidates, but around a third voted for Trump in 2016. As a bloc, their votes — and the issues they care about — could be influential, particularly in a close election.

In Georgia, a battleground state, there are more eligible Latino voters than there were in the 2016 midterm election. And in 2016, Donald Trump won Georgia by just over 211,000 votes; now, there are more than 240,000 Latinos registered to vote in the state.

On Friday, Trump visited Atlanta, where he appealed to Black voters by unveiling his plan for Black economic empowerment and expressing his support for making Juneteenth a federal holiday. The president also spoke about police brutality and the recent deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of police — though he said the Black Lives Matter movement is hurting the Black community.

He did not address Georgia’s Latino community, though he also recently made a campaign stop in Florida to appeal to Latino voters there.

BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia

Don't let the Divide & Deterrent Op fool you

 

[Seoul Gleou]

i'm sorry but what am i supposed to do with this info?

overwhelmingly, latinos support conservative views that effectively harm their community.
what does one article from a specific community of latinos in georgia do to change the existing narrative?

not tryna divide or whatever. but what the fukk have latinos done for black americans? theyre included in everything involving black lives but can the same said about them?

 

[killacal]

 

[The Burger King]

Obviously there are some Latinos who are down for the cause, nobody denied that. The issue is, we will assume an ENTIRE demographic of people is down for the cause and end up shooting ourselves in the foot by taking on their issues when we have our own problems to worry about. Just because some of them are down doesn’t mean we need to delude ourselves with this imaginary alliance.

 

[Luke Cage]

I'll believe it when i see it. Latinos aways try to claim that "black and Brown" shyt vocally, then vote "white and beige" behind closed doors.

 

[King Poetic]

It’s Georgia

Biden not winning anyway in that state

 

[UncleTomFord15]

BLM is increasingly a voter issue for Latinos in Georgia


Don't let the Divide & Deterrent Op fool you

The overwhelming vast majority of Hispanics (esp the nonblack ones, but even alot of the actual black ones) don't fukk with nikkas and want nothing to do with us.

 

[Detroit Wave]

How many of them tacocacs check the box for white on job/govt forms?

 

[mannyrs13]

I have yet to see any uproar from the Latino community over the killing of a Latino by a cop like the black community does. We had the UPS driver that was killed down here by cops during the robbery where they hijacked his truck and there was a shootout, but other than that, I don't think I've heard anything about Latinos being killed by cops. I know it does happen but it's not as discussed as black people killed by cops.

 

[Deuterion]

How many of them tacocacs check the box for white on job/govt forms?

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

I have yet to see any uproar from the Latino community over the killing of a Latino by a cop like the black community does. We had the UPS driver that was killed down here by cops during the robbery where they hijacked his truck and there was a shootout, but other than that, I don't think I've heard anything about Latinos being killed by cops. I know it does happen but it's not as discussed as black people killed by cops.

We make it an issue. I’m from the crib too and most Latinos are indifferent with those type of issues.

 

[Carlton Banks]

Tacocacs

 

[Counter Racist Male]

The overwhelming vast majority of Hispanics (esp the nonblack ones, but even alot of the actual black ones) don't fukk with nikkas and want nothing to do with us.

 

[Gold]

We've been saying this on this board.

The one unifying thing that puts Trump Supporters together is their hate for BLM, Reparations, Affirmative Action, and anything that could possibly assist black people in America

 

[Hater Eraser]

Breh feeling like Mitch fresh out in this bih ..