Does Biden have an Hispanic problem?

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26. Hispanics really, really aren't a monolith

Not only do you have religion and social conservatism in various quarters, but you have people coming from Central and South America who do not like even a whiff of the word socialism. Ask a Venezuelan ex-pat about their experience with socialism. They'll have things to say.

But there's always this kind of what I think of as white patronization. The idea that, "Well, Trump's border and immigration policies are bad for Latinos, so they should be against him." And I always want to reply, "Have you ever . . . met actual Latinos?" I have a lot of Mexican friends and family. A lot. They all came legally, worked hard, became citizens, and moved up economically. You know who they don't like?

Illegal immigrants. Their attitude is, "I worked hard and played by the rules. I waited my turn, paid my dues, and achieved my goal. Those people can, too."

But white patronization has this idea that there's some kind of racial loyalty, that most Latinos will automatically back all Latinos on policies and politics. It's just not so. So when people say things like, "What's wrong with Latinos?!" that is some white racial condescension. Instead of understanding how various Latinx communities believe and operate, there's a kind of, "You're brown, they're brown, why don't you have the same beliefs?!" And there's shock and confusion among white people that they do not.

Maybe we shouldn't be peddling in that so much. It's more than a little racist.

We understand this about different Asian populations (man, East and Southeast Asian populations are a massive mixed bag of politics). Why is it so hard to believe about Latinos?