There is no denying that the rise in hate crimes against Latinos has a lot to do with the fact Latinos are not only the largest minority in the United States but also the fastest growing. This has sent shivers down the spines of extremists who seek to rid the country of anybody brown and Spanish speaking, giving us "legales" many reasons to seek more political power.

Which is why I truly and sincerely appreciate Voto Latino's "get out the vote" campaign. Instead of going all grim and angry they've taken the fun and campy route with their VotoNovelas*. It's like, they've not just made political lemonade, they've totally thrown a couple of mojitos in the mix.

I honestly, can't tell you how much I laugh every time I watch one of these VotoNovelas*. They're awesome!

NB * : As an avid bilingual linguist and neologist, it seems fit to use a pun: Votonovela rhimes with fotonovela. The 1970s were the heydays of fotonovelas, a cross between picture books and soap operas that you'd buy everywhere in the hemisphere but that were mostly produced in Mexico. And, man, they were as cheesy if not more than Rosario Dawson or Wilmer Valderrama could have ever dreamed up.