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Author : Luis Fraga
Release : 2010-02-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 507/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Latino Lives in America by : Luis Fraga
Download or read book Latino Lives in America written by Luis Fraga. This book was released on 2010-02-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nuanced and insightful assessment of Latino life in America.
Author : Matt Barreto
Release : 2014-09-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Latino America by : Matt Barreto
Download or read book Latino America written by Matt Barreto. This book was released on 2014-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometime in April 2014, somewhere in a hospital in California, a Latino child tipped the demographic scales as Latinos displaced non-Hispanic whites as the largest racial/ethnic group in the state. So, one-hundred-sixty-six years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought the Mexican province of Alta California into the United States, Latinos once again became the largest population in the state. Surprised? Texas will make the same transition sometime before 2020. When that happens, America's two most populous states, carrying the largest number of Electoral College votes, will be Latino. New Mexico is already there. New York, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada are shifting rapidly. Latino populations since 2000 have doubled in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and South Dakota. The US is undergoing a substantial and irreversible shift in its identity. So, too, are the Latinos who make up these populations. Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura are the country's preeminent experts in the shape, disposition, and mood of Latino America. They show the extent to which Latinos have already transformed the US politically and socially, and how Latino Americans are the most buoyant and dynamic ethnic and racial group, often in quite counterintuitive ways. Latinos' optimism, strength of family, belief in the constructive role of government, and resilience have the imminent potential to reshape the political and partisan landscape for a generation and drive the outcome of elections as soon as 2016.
Author : Soledad O'Brien
Release : 2009-10-06
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 904/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Latino in America by : Soledad O'Brien
Download or read book Latino in America written by Soledad O'Brien. This book was released on 2009-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive tie-in to the CNN documentary series Latino in America, from former top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien. Following the smash-hit CNN documentary Black in America, Latino in America travels to small towns and big cities to illustrate how distinctly Latino cultures are becoming intricately woven into the broader American identity. As she reports the evolution of Latino America, Soledad O’Brien explores how tens of millions of Americans with roots in 21 different countries form a community called “Latino” and recalls her own upbringing and what she’s learned about being a Latino in America.
Author : Roberto Suro
Release : 1998
Genre : Current Events
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Book Synopsis Strangers Among Us by : Roberto Suro
Download or read book Strangers Among Us written by Roberto Suro. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely and controversial, this cliche-shattering examination of recent Latino immigration and the ways it is transforming America proposes solutions while condemning both incoherent government policies and the failures of ethnic advocacy.
Author : Suzanne Oboler
Release : 1995
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 863/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives by : Suzanne Oboler
Download or read book Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives written by Suzanne Oboler. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanic or Latino? Mexican American or Chicano? Social labels often take on a life of their own beyond the control of those who coin them or to whom they are applied. In "Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives" Suzanne Oboler explores the history and current use of the label "Hispanic", as she illustrates the complex meanings that ethnicity has acquired in shaping our lives and identities. Exploding the myth of cultural and national homogeneity among Latin Americans, Oboler interviews members of diverse groups who have traditionally been labelled "Hispanic", and records the many different meanings and social values which they attribute to this label. She also discusses the historical process of labelling groups of individuals and shows how labels affect the meaning of citizenship and the struggle for full social participation in the United States. Ultimately, she rejects the labelling process altogether, having illustrated how labels can obstruct social justice, and vary widely in meaning from individual to individual. Though we have witnessed in recent years the fading of the idealized image of US society as a melting pot, we have also realized that the possibility of recasting it in multicultural terms is problematic. "Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives" aims to understand the role that ethnic labels play in our society and brings us closer towards actualizing a society which values cultural diversity.
