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This is reminiscent of celebrities that "buy" their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Maybe Dobbs is "hispanic" in that his schtick is about them, albeit in a negative light. ("Hispanic by association" besides marriage, so to speak?)

What's so controversial here? The guy made a donation to a non-profit that entitles him to lifetime membership. They're a journalist group, and he's a journalist. It would be discrimination if they locked him out because he's not Hispanic, and it would be hypocritical for a group that values diversity to lock him out because his views on immigration (not on Hispanics, but on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION) differ from theirs. The guy was just on 60 Minutes, and he didn't use the NAHJ membership to prove he wasn't racist. He could have, but he didn't. If he bought acceptability, he sure didn't use it.

Give me a break, just because he didn't wave his shiny new membership card declaring him an honorary Hispanic doesn't mean he's not using this to defend his position. His joining is like when any white person says, "I'm not racist, I have black/Latino/Asian/Native/etc etc friends".

And look, tons of organizations discriminate against Latinos and other POC de facto. I , and this is my opinion only, have no problem with a Latino org being for Latinos since most other orgs are de facto for whites.

Can you point to one instance where he used his membership in NAHJ to prove anything? You can't just say he's doing it without showing any proof whatsoever. He gave because he was asked, not because he was trying to buy entry into a club. And he was not declared an honorary Latino. He made a donation that was recognized.

Again give me a break. I am not so naive as to need for someone to call me a spic to know they are racist, for example. This was a calculated move. Dobbs record as a racist against Latinos is clear and all of a sudden he wants to be part of the club? The donation came out of the goodness of his heart?

Read the stories: he didn't come to them waving a check. They came to him and asked for a donation. Maybe he felt guilty. Don't know. But you've said more publicly about his donation than he has.

you latinos are sometimes so tribalistic in this country,,you think something is either pro-latino or it's the friggin kkk, can't you see this mentality is poison, now we wave Mecha , Brown Sepratists and chicano college professors filled with racial rage and spewing thier poison to American children under the cloath of 'progressive latin education' progressive to whom,,,,the latinos,,So it is progress to tell yourself that you are better than white people becuase you are Chicano or latino,,,so you will have more confidence in yourself,,, but what about the white kids,,what are you saying to them,,,'you are old garbage' that's all these type off people want,, just like a hitler youth, I can't belive this,,,this man is not racist, Im glad Maeghan that you can look into his heart and see his racism,,you have those special powers, get out of the race game,,, It's a bad game played by the worse,,and it brainwashes you,,what if Lou really was Latino,,what would you think then,,,and according to that,,what is your hypocrisy here,,Lou's wife is Mexican-American for crying out loud

So you have to ask yourself,,'Do you want to be the next big time racists' becuase you are getting there quick

You know a comment is going to be racist when it stars out "You _______ (insert racial/ethnic group) here. It gets even better when someone gets there "get out of racism free card" because they are married to a Latino, African-American, Asian etc etc etc.

And you're right. I'm so privileged that it's so easy for me to forget how oppressed white people are. Thanks for reminding me ::eye roll::

8. I am of spanish and north american indigenous heritage. My mother is the daughter of Spanish immigrants from Spain while my father is the son of Mexican Aztec man and a Tejas indigenous woman. Having been born in the United States same as my parents, I consider myself American and nothing else. I take no sides in the stuggle for ethic supremacy. When I am asked what I am (or someone refers to me as hispanic or Mexican), I tell them I am American of Spanish and Indian blood. As for Lou Dobbs, his statitics are not based on true facts (my opinion). Anyone wheather in Hig high or College who teachs radicalism or hatred of other than what they are aren't real americans.

Most people do not believe his wife is Mexican American, neither do I. Lou Dobb's desparate interview on late night news television showed that he is definitely feeling the intense pressure that Hispanic advocacy groups are putting forth on him (good for them!). Like all Dobb's lies, this is just another lie on top of his futile lies -- he never worked in the fields with migrant workers and his wife is not Hispanic -- except, the truth remains is that Lou Dobbs is an un-American xenophoic lying anti-Hispanic anglo saxon man. Lou "wishes" he were Hispanic, and he can be but he just can never "be" ;) Do you understand?

What kind of moron would let Lou Dobbs join the NAHJ? Olmeda is an idiot.

Americans of Mexican descent need to create our own professional organizations. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists does not represent us at all.

We need our own leaders and people to challenge the lies in the media.

There are Mexican-American astronauts, Nobel Prize winners, professors, writers, scientists, entrepreneurs--but you will never see any of these people on TV. We have fought in every US military conflict since the Civil War and there is even a Navy Destroyer named after an a Mexican-American soldier--the USS Gonzalez. But you will never see that on TV. Just ask Ken Burns.