Obama Seeks to Make the Sale to Hispanics

by urbano411 | August 7, 2007 at 09:01 pm

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Before 2,000 people at the convention of a powerful Hispanic advocacy group recently, Sen. Barack Obama made a pitch for unity between African Americans and Hispanics. "Our separate struggles are really one," the Illinois Democrat declared, quoting a telegram Martin Luther King Jr. sent in 1968 to farm-worker activist Cesar Chávez.

It sure feels like suddenly all the Black Leaders want us to all be one. I am interested in seeing some Latino leaders take charge. I can't help but wonder how willing the African American community would be to follow a Latino. Funny how Cesar Chavez never got a national holiday.