Have to brag....
So I remember in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when people were fleeing the city and certain unscrupulous partisan hacks were trying to keep certain Democrat-leaning populations away, yes the African-American population, I said that this was not going to work forever because New Orleans was about to begin a transformation into a Latino city as Mexican and Central American immigrants both legal and illegal would begin moving to the city to work the reconstruction. Today I read an article in Newsweek from a few weeks ago in which they casually mentioned that "Taco trucks may soon outnumber FEMA trailers." In other words I was right. I hate to be a braggart but unfortunately things are unfolding just as I expected them to unfold, but this is significant because the balance of political power always rested on Creoles both Black and White battling it out over racial and economic issues, but now that the Creoles are bailing out the new power might be within the hands of Latinos and this in one of America's most important economic cities. This is something that will make a difference though I am not sure how as yet.
Labels: New Orleans ethnic realignment politics
posted by travellinguist @ 11:08 AM
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