Like I said, I've been to a couple of La Raza lawyers meetings. I could care less about such ethnic groupings to the extent they are focused on cultural celebration. I do not like ethnic preferences or "sticking together" infecting employment or professional relationships. It's flat-out discrimination, in my opinion, and I heard more about ethnic solidarity at the La Raza lawyers meetings then I ever anticipated. I honestly was stunned by it. Basically, the message was to hire Hispanic law students as clerks, patronize Hispanic businesses, etc.. Just...not what I was taught growing up.
I'm going to reply once more here, because you are trying very hard to make your point of view clear and the distinction you make is valid and understandable. I want you to know I don't think I really disagree with what you are saying. My point of view is not substantially different than yours. Where we differ is in the weight of the value of " flat-out discrimination."
Discrimination is a dirty word today, but it wasn't that long ago the a person with discriminating taste was virtuous.
My reply might not flow from point to point easily because whiskey, but we probably agree that America is supposed to be a melting pot. That doesn't mean we all reduce down to some homogeneous glob. A big vat of stuff that can be scooped up into smaller portions of the American essence. Rather we are like a stew. The Latinoes might be the tomatoes, and the WASPs might be the potatoes, the Chinese are the onions, and the Jews are probably not the pork.
The Jews have long supported there own and shunned the Goyim. Perhaps pointing to the Jews might have made my point more understandable. The Jews are a race and an ethnicity. There are people who look at the Jews and their preference to hire Jews, and marry Jews, and promote Jews...and other people fear the Jews and they say Jews are evil...they talk about the 12 Jewish members of a global conspiracy to control the banks and media
I like to call those people freaks.
If instead of a La Raza grocery store it said "Kosher Grocer"...does that make it less sinister or unAmerican?
The Blacks do it too. Should I get worked up because a restaurant offers "soul food" and "Soul Train" is on TV?
Not sure if that makes my point more understandable but I have enjoyed fleshing the debate out with a fair, honest, and respectful voice.