syk0 on Thu, 11 May 2006 09:22:54 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: <nettime> Latino political influence in the US? |
On Sat, 6 May 2006, coco fusco wrote: > > These immigrant protests are more important for American politics and the role of immigrants within American political life than they are for > strengthening connections with Latin America. American politicians will seek to add to their voting pool by pandering to the immigrants and > finding ways to enfranchise them. There are precedents in US history for this. In the past, when it served political interest, non-citizens > have been allowed to vote at many levels of government. > > Coco Fusco > I am sorry, but I don't see how politicians can view non-citizens as potential voters, given how many years it takes to become documented, and then become a citizen and be able to vote. Far more influential would be citizens of the same ethnic group and their _perception_ of politicians actions towards undocumented workers of the same ethnic or afinity group. more later on this # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net