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Good topic
I'm in Southern California. Blacks have been the minority here for years -- we're only 7% of the state's overall population, while Latinos are in the 20-30% range or so, I'm a little bit fuzzy on my math.
Most Latinos in California are Mexicans, products of mestizaje between Spanish people and Indians, unlike in the East with Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, etc.
In terms of Latino attitudes, I've found that second-generation or California-born Latinos tend to coexist more peacefully with AfAms. This extends to living in roughly the same neighborhoods, etc.
On the other hand, Latino immigrants sometimes come here with negative stereotypes of AfAms, mainly related to work.
And of course, many AfAms resent Latino immigrants because of the perception that they take ANY job out there and depress the wage market.
I do believe, however, that the groups need to find some commonalities, especially in Cali where we are a super-minority and have some of the same interests.
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