Monday, October 13, 2008

OLYMPIC GAMES: Do Latinos give US an edge, or just an excuse to gripe?

Over the course of the upcoming year, U.S. officials are going to be touting Chicago in their attempts to bring the 2016 summer Olympic Games to this country, and one of the factors they are using is the city’s multi-ethnic composition.

Specifically, they’re touting the fact that there’s so many Latinos in this city, and the figure will only go up.

OF COURSE, THAT argument quickly led to a side debate among those people who like to post anonymous comments on the Internet – is having a large Latino population something we ought to be proud of?

People interested in this debate ought to check out our sister weblog, The South Chicagoan, for more (http://www.southchicagoan.blogspot.com/) on these issues.


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