Thursday, October 19th, 2006...11:13 am
And They Wonder Why Hispanics Aren’t Falling Over Themselves to Vote for Them
A chant from some of the Drake supporters last night:
Vote for the American name
So, what exactly are y’all saying there?
Funny thing, an early appearance of the name “Grijalva” in our little part of the Americas was way back in 1775, when a guy named Juan Pablo de Grijalva was part of the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition that travelled from Mexico, helped settle Tubac and Tucson and eventually made it all the way up to San Francisco. I can’t imagine there were too many “Drakes” out here back then, ‘cept maybe for the ones that were waddling on the banks of the then-flowing Santa Cruz river.
(Far as I know, Raúl Grijalva wasn’t related to this guy, but I had one and possibly two Spanish surnamed ancestors that made the trip.)
I certainly hope that these people were not trying to suggest that people with Spanish surnames are not qualified to be “American.” If they do, I suggest a quick perusal of this website.
Where does this stop, exactly? If we don’t allow Spanish names, what about those of other romance languages, say, Italian or French? Why stop there? Have you looked at my crazy Polish last name lately (A worse tongue twister for most than “Grijalva”)? I suppose we should only elect folks of good Anglo-Saxon stock.
NB - I saw one Drake supporter leaving the debate with a rosary in his hand. I guess he anticipated that Drake’s performance was going to be so bad that he needed intercession from the BVM (it didn’t work). This particular supporter was obviously Catholic, which leads me to believe that he probably is not one with an English last name. Did he see the irony in this?
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