" Derrotar a Kells " ?

My CCRI Spanish came in handy when I read " Hispano busca

    derrotar a Kells "  on your Pagina Latina page ( June 12, page C6).

        Did not Charles Bakst say in his June 8 column that Senator

    Kells of District 10 is quitting politics, " ten years is

    enough " ?

          Bob Kells was a " good neighbor " of mine when I lived

    on Rutherglen Ave. in the Reservoir Triangle of Providence.

        Yes, I routinely voted for him. Now Bob senses that the

    area has profoundly changed. And the PR problems of the

    Providence Police have not helped his career ambitions.

           Bakst says that District 10 is now a " rich mix

    of whites, blacks, Latinos, and Asians . "

          But according to Joe Almeida: " Ya es tiempo que

    los negros y los latinos se unan " ( article ).

           Is my  Spanish off or do I read ethnic politics at

    its most vile here ?  To be sure, blacks and latinos should

    get along as we ALL must. . But should blacks and latinos

    UNITE  politically ? Against WHOM ? Whites and Asians ?

         I believe that ethnic politics is corrupting the

    Democratic Party nationally. Must it pander shamelessly

    in order to win elections ?