Camino Chavez: Ted Cruz, Oppression, and All Things Latinx
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Camino Chavez on Latinos and identity politics
2:32 – Latinx trends again: a female Zorro
5:31 – Who actually says Latinx?
8:09 – Identity politics and being labeled
11:00 – Latinos are not a monolith
14:00 – From Bernie supporter to the center
17:41 – Bill Maher and real oppression
21:29 – Echo chambers and parenting two under two
25:00 – Jonathan Haidt's moral foundations
28:41 – Lou's social justice therapist sketch
31:14 – Losing friends over politics
35:12 – Friends who never talked politics
37:47 – Losing jobs and social circles
40:50 – Busting balls and death threats
43:40 – Chicken hawks and Lou's sketch
48:01 – Being called a Nazi
53:40 – Camino's soccer commentary on NYCFC
56:13 – Costa Rica's 2014 World Cup run
59:28 – Real Madrid in the Champions League
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Camino Chavez, Lou's hermano, joins Lou to talk about Latino superman Ted Cruz, who actually says "Latinx," oppression narratives, and losing friends over politics.
We also get into a female Zorro, identity politics and being labeled, why Latinos are not a monolith, going from Bernie supporter to the center, Bill Maher on real oppression, parenting two under two, Jonathan Haidt's moral foundations, Lou's social justice therapist sketch, busting balls and death threats, being called a Nazi, Camino's soccer commentary on NYCFC, Costa Rica's 2014 World Cup run, and Real Madrid in the Champions League.