Tag: hispanic

The Harris County, Texas Clerk’s office reports that nearly 150,000 voters with Hispanic sounding surnames are likely to vote in the county in 2008. Houston, where I live, is in Harris County. I’m pretty sure I’m one of those so-called Hispanic voters. My last name is A-Q-U-I-N-O. I once worked with someone in Houston who after knowing me a year blurted out “You don’t seem Hispanic at all.” Right she was—I’m Italian. At least I am everywhere except the Harris County Clerk’s office. Or when I get an occasional piece of junk mail or a phone solicitation in Spanish. My wife and I once went