Will Mitt Romney be America's first Latino president?

[Al B. Sure!]

Or is he just 'White Hispanic' and that doesn't count?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Just because his grandpa (or was it great grandpa) moved to Mexico, and his dad (whose mom was caucasian) moved back to the US doesn't make him Latino.

[giblets]

John McCain was so close to being the first Latino president

[Imran Siddiqui]

It'd be like if your grandad moved to Japan, married an American woman and had your father who in turn married an American woman while living in Japan - then moved to the US and had you and then you refering to yourself of Japanese ethnicity.

[DinoDoc]

It'd be like if your grandad moved to Japan, married an American woman and had your father who in turn married an American woman while living in Japan - then moved to the US and had you and then you refering to yourself of Japanese ethnicity.

Elizabeth Warren?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Thankfully the Native American Rights Fund caught her

[The Mad Monk]

Is there a Japanese American Rights Fund?

[Al B. Sure!]

Hey if Alberto Fujimori is Latino, I see no reason why Romney can't be.

Latino is not a race.

There are plenty of WASPy Latinos.

[Dr Strangelove]

Was George Romney a legitimate candidate for the United States presidency? If he had beaten Richard Nixon in the primaries would his candidacy have been plagued by birthism?

[Tupac Shakur]

Latino is not a race.

QFT. Imran's analogy is incredibly flawed.

[Hauldren Collider]

Just because his grandpa (or was it great grandpa) moved to Mexico, and his dad (whose mom was caucasian) moved back to the US doesn't make him Latino.

It does according to college admissions!

[Zevico]

Just because his grandpa (or was it great grandpa) moved to Mexico, and his dad (whose mom was caucasian) moved back to the US doesn't make him Latino.

Who are you to tell Romney what his identity is? Isn't that presumptuous characterisation of his past a form of "hate speech"? In Australia Romney could take you to court on account of hurt feelings. Hurt feelings and racial justice are far more important than petty things like free speech. For all you know Romney dresses up in a giant hat and sits around next to the bar on a Westen film set on the weekends. Have a little more respect for his cultural traditions. In fact I bet you hate Latinos. Vote Romney to prove otherwise.

[giblets]

Hey if Alberto Fujimori is Latino, I see no reason why Romney can't be.

Latino is not a race.

There are plenty of WASPy Latinos.

No one thinks it's a race. But the "Anglo-Saxon" in "WASP" means he's not Hispanic. Duh.

[giblets]

Who are you to tell Romney what his identity is? Isn't that presumptuous characterisation of his past a form of "hate speech"? In Australia Romney could take you to court on account of hurt feelings. Hurt feelings and racial justice are far more important than petty things like free speech. For all you know Romney dresses up in a giant hat and sits around next to the bar on a Westen film set on the weekends. Have a little more respect for his cultural traditions. In fact I bet you hate Latinos. Vote Romney to prove otherwise.

Is there a point here or do you simply have an axe to grind about political correctness run amok in a country that has nothing to do with this thread topic?

[Zevico]

Viva Romney! Viva el partido republicano!