In a recent piece in Vanity Fair, Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX],
attracted some controversy with her accusation of many Hispanic voters
having a “slave mentality” for supporting the Orange Sewer Rat.
As
an Hispanic myself—first generation American, in my case—I was
disheartened and dismayed by the criticism of representative Crockett
and her slave mentality comments by some brown folks in the media. The
only point I disagree with the congresswoman is her blanket statement,
limiting that mentality to us brown folk and not including black, Asian,
etc. (She did accuse black of men of bowing down to misogyny, re Kamala
Harris.) Otherwise, she is so on point it’s heartbreaking.
We
have to get away from for being apologists for people who voluntarily
stab themselves with a political knife. Despite all the racism,
anti-immigrant rhetoric, vulgarity, misogyny, the disrespect for the
rule of law—a convicted felon is a law and order POTUS? Give me a f’n
break!—not to mention Project 2025 and many, many other vile measures to
come, our people chose to vote for the one who represents all of it.
And the rest of us are supposed to condone and defend that? That is
inexcusable at the very, very least.
Are we going to blame Kamala
Harris and the Democrats for this? Was it they who voted for this
orange turd nightmare and reinstalled it in the White House? Of course
not. In the simplest of terms, our people had a choice between a shit
sandwich and a bland chicken sandwich and chose the former. Period.
There is no way around it. There is no excusing it and I am sick and
tired of people being apologists for those who exercise self loathing at
the voting booth.
Interestingly, I got a response from a
respected Hispanic journalist who criticized Rep. Crockett and went on
to say that we shouldn't be calling people in our community ignorant and
uninformed. Or let folks from outside our community do it, either. I
respectfully told him that those who piss in the drinking water need to
be called out, regardless of the
community or race either side belongs to. This isn't charm school for
debutantes, but politics. And politics can be life or death. In that
scenario, we can't be too worried about hurt feelings. Otherwise, we get
more of this insanity.
As I said before, with the exception of
congresswoman Crockett maintaining that her remarks were exclusive to
the brown, Spanish-speaking folk, she is so right it hurts. And it does.
She spoke truth. One that our people who voted against every single one
of their interests, need to hear.
