1/ In my first column for @PostOpinions, I argue that the key to understanding Arizona’s shift to the left isn’t identity politics, but the issues and ideas that shape daily reality for the people who live and work in Arizona.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/29/real-reason-arizona-will-turn-blue-this-year/
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2/ A fellow Latina journalist read the piece and wrote to me: "Have always been bewildered when we speak about the 'Latino vote' every election cycle. Which Latino vote? ... At the end of the day it's about good jobs, schools, infrastructure, and equity and civility."
She is ...

3/ ... ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Journalists are in part to blame. There's lack of depth in their analysis if they believe in, and hang entire stories on, the lone decisive power of a very diverse group united only by a label that they didn't even create. It's another reflection ...

4/ ... of how the lack of diversity in newsrooms affects the way we approach and cover stories.
Good thing @PostOpinions opened its doors to me and let me write this piece as I believed it should be written. We are ...

5/ ... not your stereotypes. We are not your preconceived notions. We vote — or don't vote — based on what we believe in, for candidates who advocate for what we believe in. Even that belief is diverse. Your labels don't define us. -30-