Painting Latinos 'lazy'

Never thought I'd find space in my heart to thank Ann Coulter for anything. Then she decided to label Latinos "the lazy underclass."

Good job, Republican racist.

Way to go ... right after an election where Latinos voted for Barack Obama in overwhelming numbers. You will be starting off a new year soon on the same old right-wing foot and frankly I'm elated. Not about your racism'which disgusts me, but keep on spewing what you really think about Latinos.  

Oh, a few of you think we will forget when your party attempts to push some token Hispanic surnamed person to the forefront (like Marco Rubio'the Krauthammer approach), but it won't work. The future of Latinos voting for Republicans will suffer a larger brown-out each year.  

Not only do we hear you use the "I" word all the time, we can add in the "L" word.  

No'Latinos are not lazy. Nor shiftless, nor any other pejoratives you can come up with to slur an entire demographic.  

There is a long history of racial/ethnic stereotyping of Latinos.

Hispanics have been portrayed by the media as lazy, unintelligent, greasy, criminal, and alien. Their contributions culturally, economically, and historically have never been properly documented or appreciated. Instead, Hispanics in general, and American Hispanics in particular, have been the victims of racist stereotyping in an unbroken string of images and portrayals that began with the battle over Mexican land in the Southwest as America expanded during the frontier era.

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