Mr Perez,
I agree with you about the Black and Spanish are allies, however I disagree in the part that Mr Obama will do sometime for a comprehensive immigration. can you please mention to me when was the last time under a Democratic president and congress passed a Immigration Bill, as i know it was President Reagan who signed an amnesty. and he was a republican.
my believe is that the Hispanic vote was based in political ignorance. we as community we still have not learned that unity can be a great political force. but we start having political interest in our own descendant group an interest that we lost our way to be unify the puertorican believe and themselves, the Cuban's the same thing, not o mention the Mexicans. we have to start thinking as monolithic group with one common denominational that we are part of this great continent and therefore Americans. and geat political force.

Obama, will appoint Richardson as Secretary of Commerce and due respect this is like offering a bone to a dog.
he should it have done better.
that tells you where Obama stands with the Hispanic Community.

Sincerely
Wilson W Salazar

Yes, Obama received a significant percentage of the Hispanic block. But, I don't think that Obama owes anything to the Latinos in the form of a cabinet post. Obama, will choose the folks that he believes will help us realign ourselves economically, socially and globally.
I am sure that a Hispanic will be appointed to his cabinet or administration. But this was not a litmus test for his presidency. Obama should select his cabinet based on who are the right people for the job right now. I am not too concerned about him having to select a Latino, although there are a few names out there being considered. He needs a cadre of folks that will help to heal our entire country, Latinos, Blacks, WHites and all.
Regrding the Latino and Black degrees of separation, well this may be the case in some states, cities...but the reality is that there is a divide, and the sooner we address it the better chance we have of solidifying our relationship. Latinos are bonded by language, while blacks are bounded by race and history. Let's not fool ourselves about this issue. There are many reasons that why Latinos may have voted for Obama,but I am sure that it had nothing to do with our histories, or social experience. EIther, he represented something that we needed and therefore voted for him, or the Republicans represented something that we did not want...and so we voted for Obama.

It surprises me that this article fails to include Black Hispanics. Although it appears that Latinos with an obvious Black ancestry usually self-identify as "Latino" not Black. Please discuss how racism plays out differently among Latinos, such as Dolminican, etc. I have heard the term "negra" - "moreno" used as terms of endearment while the same can be insults in the USA. Porque? And how are Black Latinos surveyed? Black or Latino?? American-born Mexicans are still referred to as Mexicans by Latinos, not Americans, and only the Northern European-type American is considered "American" Porque?
Richardson in the President's Cabinet is certainly a plus, but can we have an Arab-American (Nader?) for balance?

i think obama will do all he can for latinos and african americans but he cant do it by his self the people need to work with him if every works together we will achieve more and plus he trying to fix what ex presedent bush mess up so obama

Re: Barbara he cant do it alone obama needs our help as citizens of the USA