Thank you.

Jamiah Adams

i too have noticed more and more shots of gonzo lookin darker. odd, eh?

On an semi-related note, I just found out that Ceasar Chavez led protests against undocumented Mexicans?!?!? Us Mexicans got some serious issues we need to figure out, huh?

and have you noticed how the mainstream media coverage–even the “liberals” like keith olberman, have been playing up weird semi-racist mantras when talking about Gonzalez? Olberman keeps calling him “Gonzo” and CNN posts these really scummy looking pics of him where the lighting is bad or something so he has really dark skin and looks unshaven–

I’m with you all the way, I think he’s a total sorry piece of scum–but damn, if they can so easily rip on Al, their loyal subject–what does that mean for the rest of us?

They were his biggest cheerleaders and now they are hiding their heads in the sand. I was against his nomination from the beginning and knew this was going to happen. But at the same time, I feel that he is the easy target because nobody is going after the real crocks and it is easier to scapegoat a minority.

But like I said this is not issue between Rep vs Dem because I can see many Dem taking the same path that Gonzales is making. I think as a community, we tend to contradict ourselves all the time. We say, we are acting too “Mexican” when we are at places where we want to look respectable, without every questioning what does it really mean to act Mexican. Yet, we romanticize our heritage. All of this is a major reason why we can never define the Latino identity, which leads us to accept any Latino that receives national fame. We tell our youth, see we too can be like a Gonzales and now he will just become like another Lauro Cavazos and Federico Peña never to be talked about again.