Trying to fit in

Mr. Rios wrote about LULAC employing scare tactics in attempting to get Hispanics to vote Democratic: “LULAC supports the progressive Democratic parties lust for political power and control over Latinos…” Rios needs to stop assuming that everybody knows what LULAC means.

LULAC stands for “League Of United Latin American Citizens.” LULAC was founded in 1929 and “…is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization…” and was created “…when Hispanics were denied basic civil and human rights, despite contributions to American society.”

It appears that Rios is against an organization that a number of Hispanics have benefitted. LULAC “…has fought for full access to the political process and equal educational opportunity for all Hispanics.”

In 1945, LULAC sued the Orange County School System due to segregation on the grounds that Mexican children were told they were “…more poorly clothed and mentally inferior to white children.”

Some more facts: “there were more Mexican Americans hung than the total number of blacks hung during the Civil War;” A young Mexican American girl choked to death eating a tortilla because “… her peers were not allowed to get her a drink of water from a ‘whites only’ water fountain.”

Rios writes: “When will LULAC realize Latinos are more in line with Republicans?”

In 2022, “… Latino votes remained solidly Democratic in their voting preferences…” 64% of Latinos reporting that they voted for a Democratic House candidate, compared to 33% who reported they voted for a Republican candidate.” “Latinos Support Democrats Over Republicans,” brookings.edu., Nov 2022

In the past, letters were written with racist remarks towards Hispanics. I recall a white woman wrote that she would not give a Hispanic child a cup of water. It appears Rios avoids writing about racism towards Hispanics so he can fit in with the Republican Party. Vincent White Lancaster