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    You sure seem hung up on race but I don't think it would be an insurmountable issue in Texas. The large Hispanic demographic has been intrinsic to Texas since it's inception and are well integrated with a long history and deep roots. Most of the Hispanics I knew growing up in Texas considered themselves Texans first, I don't recall significant racial tension between Whites & Hispanics. Obviously there is a sector that fly the Mexican flag, refuse to integrate and display distrust of other races though they are the minority in my experience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whistler View Post
    You sure seem hung up on race but I don't think it would be an insurmountable issue in Texas. The large Hispanic demographic has been intrinsic to Texas since it's inception and are well integrated with a long history and deep roots. Most of the Hispanics I knew growing up in Texas considered themselves Texans first, I don't recall significant racial tension between Whites & Hispanics. Obviously there is a sector that fly the Mexican flag, refuse to integrate and display distrust of other races though they are the minority in my experience.
    Dude no tension between whites and hispanics? Dude where were you? All over Texas is tension, at least from what I've seen. California is worse. God going into the wrong Target you get some weird looks depending on race. California is the next Kosovo JMHO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whistler View Post
    You sure seem hung up on race but I don't think it would be an insurmountable issue in Texas. The large Hispanic demographic has been intrinsic to Texas since it's inception and are well integrated with a long history and deep roots. Most of the Hispanics I knew growing up in Texas considered themselves Texans first, I don't recall significant racial tension between Whites & Hispanics. Obviously there is a sector that fly the Mexican flag, refuse to integrate and display distrust of other races though they are the minority in my experience.
    Hung up? I wouldn't think so, given the makeup of my own relations. However, I would surmise that the folks who have signed the secession petitions to leave a country led by a Democratic president with a Democratically controlled Senate would be largely white, and might not be happy with the government that might result in a country with a non-white majority.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flan7211 View Post
    Dude no tension between whites and hispanics? Dude where were you? All over Texas is tension, at least from what I've seen. California is worse. God going into the wrong Target you get some weird looks depending on race. California is the next Kosovo JMHO.
    I grew up on the Gulf Coast between Houston & Galveston. Admittedly it's been 8 years or so since I've spent much time there but growing up I never had any problems with any Hispanics outside of gangs (well except a "disagreement" over a pool game once but that's another story). Our neighbor was Hispanic, the most tension we ever had was teasing him about his grand pecan orchard scheme, when I joined the Navy they were still spindly and only about 6' tall. I worked in construction and in the ship yards, the only tension I saw was mutual between assholes. Maybe it was just me, I get along anyplace not overrun by yuppies & Liberals.

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    If they weren't white and people of all colors who didn't like the direction that the country was going. Would that be ok?
    That's what I see happening.
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