Identifying

 THERE ARE THIRTY TWO MILLION eligible Latino voters in the Unitas Estates. not only is it now impossible for a person to win the presidency without getting a good share of support from Latino voters, it is becoming increasingly difficult for politicians to win as the state and local level without respecting and courting the Latino vote. We are now being reminded so often that the Latino American community in the United States is not a monolithic voting block or culture, that it is as diverse as the rest of the country, that we might soon expect that everyone will realize it, and we will no longer need to be told. Most Americans are, one can hope, well aware that people of Hispanic descent and ethnicity come from Mexico, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, and many other countries south of the Rio Grande.,likewise, most Americans are presumable well enough aware of reality to realize that both major political parties enjoy some degree of support from the thirty two million, While we are told that America's LatinX community is diverse, which it indeed is, we are also told to refrain from identity politics, that we should think in terms of the nation as a whole. Republicans try to attract Latino voters by raising the dreadful specter of socialism, as if our american made democratic socialist programs, programs like Social Security, Medicare, public schools, public streets and highways, public police and fire departments, among many others, were manifestations of the brutal dictatorial banana republics from which many latino-Americans escaped. The task for Democrats is to explain to everyone, not just Latinos, that American socialism is of the democratic kind, and that without it, the country simply would not run right. it also bears mentioning that whether one is Latino-American, African-American, or European -American, the country is far better off if workers are paid a fair, living wage, if climate change is reversed, if the nation's wealth is distributed widely among all people, rather than concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy elite, and if science and human rights are respected. It is of paramount importance that our nation's diversity be accepted and respected, of course, but the things that truly matter we all have in common, and it is therefore our sacred duty, under all circumstances, to work for the common good.