[ken21]

fights between blacks and latinos are nothing new.

[ambrose]

Gee, I thought the human race would all love each other and sing Kumbaya once the leftist "diversity" crowd took power.

[Clemenza]

Geez, when my parents were kids in the 1950s/early 60s, you had Blacks vs. Italians vs. Puerto Ricans. In my last nabe in Brooklyn, you had Russians vs. Arabs vs. Latinos. Nice to see that California has the same sense of "brotherhood" that we had on the east coast.

[Clemenza]

by knitting together Hispanics, blacks and left-leaning whites - a coalition that some analysts called a new paradigm in urban politics.

Uh, has this journalist ever heard of Harold Washington? Ed Koch (first term)? David Dinkins? Lee Brown? They all won elections with a similar coalition over the past 25 years, so I wouldn't call it a "new paradigm."

[BillyBoy]

>> After campaign of inclusion, LA mayor-elect (Villaraigosa) faces racial challenge <<

Let me guess. The remaining black and white gringos won't get out of "his" city?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Just have the kids put on an updated version of "West Side Story" starring these young hoods, then they can hold hands at the end and sing "Somewhere"... /sarcasm

[tophat9000]

leftist "diversity" has always been about tearing down and tearing apart

[Texas_Jarhead]

As long as he is taking his cues from mexico I'm sure he will quickly be able to bring ethnic harmony to L.A.

[telebob]

He won the election by promising to be a "mayor for all Los Angeles". After winning, he promptly aligned himself with Mexico and Mexican foreign policy in regards to illegal immigration to the economic detriment of other groups in the city.

That about sums it up, I think...

[Mr. Mojo]

"campaign of inclusion"

"racial rainbow"

"racial milieu"

"cultural bridge-builder"

"the city's cultural complexity"

Barf-worthy phrases galore in this piece.