In this new book, Mike Gonzalez tackles the debate among conservatives on Latino political assimilation. Gonzalez, who was born in Cuba, is a former deputy editorial-page editor of the Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal; he served in the George W. Bush administration and is currently a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation. The question he asks here is, How did Hispanics become overwhelmingly Democratic and what can conservatives do about it?
Gonzalez’s diagnosis of the problem and his historical analysis of the past 50 years of left-wing cultural aggression against our nation’s assimilationist ethos (and thus against Latino newcomers, as well as America’s civic heritage) are compelling. Nonetheless, his proposed solutions, while offering plenty of good ideas, ultimately fall short of what is necessary to sustain American conservatism.
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