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McCrory eliminates Latino outreach office


By Franco Ordoñez and John Frank
McClatchy Newspapers
Posted: Friday, Mar. 29, 2013


WASHINGTON North Carolina’s Latino advocates are voicing alarm following the governor’s decision to eliminate the state’s office for Latino affairs.

The closing of the Office of Hispanic/Latino affairs was sudden and caught many by surprise. The move appears to have exacerbated the already tense relationship between Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and the Latino community, including criticism over a driver’s license plan for young immigrants.
Michigan GOP Official Refuses to Resign Over Anti-Gay Post
Republican national committeeman Dave Agema "was not backing down or apologizing" as he faced calls for his resignation over an antigay posting on his Facebook page, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Agema said gay people were sexually promiscuous, rife with sexually transmitted diseases and responsible for "half the murders in large cities."

GOP Lawmaker Refers to Latinos Using Racial Slur
Rep. Don Young (R-AK), in an interview with KRBD , referred to Latinos by using the derogatory term "wetbacks."

Said Young: "My father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 or 60 wetbacks and -- to pick tomatoes. You know, it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It's all done by machine."

And finally

McKay Coppins : "As the Republican Party gears up to launch a concerted, well-funded outreach effort aimed at attracting elusive minority voters, it's not just battling dismal poll numbers and tough demographic trends -- it's working to overcome its own overwhelming whiteness."

"There is not a single racial minority among the 20 most senior officials who run the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and National Republican Senatorial Committee -- the three wings of the GOP apparatus charged with promoting candidates and winning elections. And a range of former Republican staffers told BuzzFeed that this lack of diversity has paralyzed the party's ability to connect with minority communities..."