Released on: January 14, 2008, 12:54 am

Press Release Author: Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Industry: Consumer Services

Press Release Summary: Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama will court and
woo Latino voters in his presidential bid.But to succeed he must overcome the latent
and sometimes open tensions and hostilities between blacks & Latinos.

Press Release Body:
LOS ANGELES, US, Jan 14, 2008 -- Author and political analyst Earl Ofari Hutchinson
contends that winning the Latino vote will be a daunting challenge for Democratic
presidential contender Barack Obama. He will have to overcome the latent and
sometimes open tensions and hostilities between blacks and Latinos. Obama will make
a big push in key primary states where Latino voters make up a swelling percent of
the voting population to woo and court them for their votes. He needs those votes to
win.

In his new book, The Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation
Between African-Americans and Hispanics , Hutchinson. The past few years have seen
an escalation in black and Latino conflicts and even deadly clashes on the streets,
in the prisons, and the schools between the two groups. This has created, says
Hutchinson , bitter feeling among many Latinos toward blacks. Polls and surveys show
that many Latinos view blacks with fear and hostility.

The task for Obama is to figure out a way, contends Hutchinson , to ease those
tensions and the fears if he is to have any chance of winning a significant number
of Latino votes. Hutchinson details in his book, The Latino Challenge to Black
America how some African-American politicians have been able to successfully break
down the barriers between blacks and Latinos and win a large percentage of the
Latino vote. Obama, observes, Hutchinson , will have to work doubly hard to sell
himself as the change agent for Latinos too. Hutchinson in his book The Latino
Challenge to Black America lays out a political blueprint for how black politicians
can succeed in tearing down the wall of hostility between blacks and Latinos. That
includes Obama as well.

The Latino Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between
African-Americans and Hispanics was featured in the Washington Post's Book World ,
Sunday, January 13, 2008 .

About Us:
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His new book is The Latino
Challenge to Black America: Towards a Conversation Between African-Americans and
Hispanics (Middle Passage Press, 2007).
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Contact:
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Hutchinson Report
LOS ANGELES , US .
323-296-6331
hutchinsonreport@aol.com
http://middlepassagepress.com



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Contact Details: Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Hutchinson Report
LOS ANGELES , US .
323-296-6331
hutchinsonreport@aol.com
http://middlepassagepress.com