Latino Quotes - Page 2

• When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending the best.

  Donald Trump

  Illegal Things, People, Mexican

  "Divided Mexico unites against Trump: 'He has no respect for human beings'" by Jo Tuckman, www.theguardian.com. July 6, 2015.

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• We must never allow demagogues to divide us up by race, by religion, by national origin, by gender, or sexual orientation. Black and whites, Latino, Asian-American, Native American, Christian, Jew, Muslim, and every religion - straight or gay, male or female - we must stand together. This country belongs to all of us.

  Bernie Sanders

  Christian, Country, Native American

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

  Jose Antonio Vargas

  White, America, Black

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• I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

  Ricky Martin

  Believe, Alive, Broadway

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• It's a great day in America when white people, black people and Latinos can all come together and pick on another minority.

  George Lopez

  Funny, Humor, White

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• At the end of the day, if millions of people come together and say, we are not going to be a xenophobic society, we are not going to be throwing millions of Latinos out of this country, we are not going to be a racist society, we're not going to be a sexist society, we will prevail.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, People, The End Of The Day

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What I want to do is create great content on television and movies. It is not my role to program only for Latinos, and you can't really assume that Hispanics only want Hispanic content. But I do think that we are severely underrepresented in television and film. And instead of complaining about not seeing ourselves, we should become film producers, directors, and writers, and tell our story.

  Eva Longoria

  Thinking, Complaining, Assuming

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

  Raquel Welch

  House, Citizens, Proud

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• Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

  Joe Baca

  Children, Important, Program

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• It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.

  Barack Obama

  People, African American, Victory

  "Obama and Democrats appeal to new voters in midterms". www.washingtonpost.com. April 26, 2010.

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• I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me.

  Ariel Dorfman

  South

  "Novelist-playwright Ariel Dorfman". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. November 1, 2011.

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• The system functioned relatively automatically, and the prevailing system of racial meanings, identities, and ideologies already seemed natural. Ninety percent of those admitted to prison for drug offenses in many states were Black or Latino, yet the mass incarceration of communities of color was explained in race-neutral terms, an adaptation to the needs and demands of the current political climate.

  Michelle Alexander

  Race, Color, Racism

  Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.58, The New Press

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• The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

  Jai Rodriguez

  Color, Numbers, Roles

  "THE LEADING MEN: Angel of Music". Interview with Wayman Wong, www.playbill.com. August 2, 2004.

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• Now look at the crowd. We’ve got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinos—and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America!

  Pitbull

  White, America, Black

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• I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me.

  Jimmy Smits

  Running, Hands, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am honored to be both an active surrogate and a member of the RNC's Hispanic advisory council. The national effort to work seamlessly with our state parties has improved our landscape and chances with Latino voters, not just in San Diego but across the country.

  Rosario Marin

  Country, Party, Opportunity

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• I am impressed by the progress the RNC has made in the last year to engage Latino communities across the country. I look forward to continue working alongside Chairman Priebus and Co-Chair Day to ensure that the party's year-round engagement effort continues to grow and reach new Latino neighborhoods.

  Luis Fortuno

  Country, Party, Opportunity

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• The Latino community, they're some of the most loyal fans on the planet.

  Mark Sanchez

  Community, Fans, Loyal

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• Limbo has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

  Daddy Yankee

  Europe And America, Careers, People

  Interview with Krystyna Chávez, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 29, 2013.

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• I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs before I went to a single quinceanera. I could talk all day about my culture and what it means to me.

  America Ferrera

  Growing Up, Mean, Mitzvah

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• I love blacks and gays and latinos, as long as they don't live next door.

  Mojo Nixon

  Gay, Reality, Doors

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• I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.

  Joe Arpaio

  Community, Trying, Together

  "Arizona's 'one-pizza' Democrats taste success as GOP shares slice of the pie" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2012.

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• People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos.

  Salma Hayek

  New York, Latin, People

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• So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.

  Sharron Angle

  Country, Teenager, Grandchildren

  "Angle to Hispanic children: “Some of you look a little more Asian to me”". lasvegassun.com. October 18, 2010.

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• I mean, I grew up in the Valley. All my friends were white Jewish kids. So the Latino kids thought I was this white girl.

  America Ferrera

  Girl, Mean, Kids

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