As first reported by The Florida Nation, Pablo Pantoja, the now-former State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, recently announced via email he is leaving the Republican Party because of the GOP’s “culture of intolerance.” Here’s an excerpt from Pantoja’s email.
From: Pablo Pantoja
Subject: From Republican to Democrat
Date: May 13, 2013 5:57:11 PM EDT
Friend,
Yes, I have changed my political affiliation to the Democratic Party.
It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them.
Studies geared towards making – human beings – viewed as less because of their immigrant status to outright unacceptable claims, are at the center of the immigration debate. Without going too deep on everything surrounding immigration today, the more resounding example this past week was reported by several media outlets.
A researcher included as part of a past dissertation his theory that “the totality of the evidence suggests a genetic component to group differences in IQ.” The researcher reinforces these views by saying “No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach IQ parity with whites, but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have low-IQ children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against.”
Although the organization distanced themselves from those assertions, other immigration-related research is still padded with the same racist and eugenics-based innuendo. Some Republican leaders have blandly (if at all) denied and distanced themselves from this but it doesn’t take away from the culture within the ranks of intolerance. The pseudo-apologies appear to be a quick fix to deep-rooted issues in the Republican Party in hopes that it will soon pass and be forgotten.
The researcher referenced by Pantoja is Jason Richwine, who suggested that Hispanics may never be able to reach IQ parity with whites because of inferior genetics. Richwine has since resigned his position at the Heritage Institute, which has refused to comment on the situation, citing the fact that it’s a personnel matter.
I wonder how long it’s going to be before Republicans simply take the Adolph Hitler approach…as if they haven’t done so implicitly already. The current immigration procedure suggests that: target and blame only illegals who work for out-of-favor organizations, never prosecuting the company officials who hire them.