For decades, Latino politicians were seen as paragons of the community they came from. But after 2022, maybe people shouldn't think that way anymore
, arguing that only someone like him can help his mostly Latino constituents.
They, along with Huizar and Villanueva, did what bigots long claimed would happen if Latinos ever got the keys to power: They would screw up hugely. Now, the most loathed politicians in Los Angeles are Latinos — and the hate against them is warranted.That’s the speck of hope in the dumpster fire that was 2022.
Latino representation in government is important, especially in a city and county that’s nearly 50% Latino, in a state where Latinos are the biggest ethnic group. But Martinez, Cedillo and the rest also prove the limits of ethnic politics. Examples of politicians garnering support from groups they don’t belong to aren’t too distant. Latino and Jewish voters famously joined Black voters to elect Tom Bradley as mayor. Generations of Black residents in South L.A. have voted for a trio of Hahns to represent them — Kenneth as an L.A. County supervisor and his children Jim and Janice as mayor and supervisor, respectively.
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