Category: Latino Studies

  • The Privilege of White Hispanic: Leaving Out the Rest Latino Voices The Huffington Post 2014-09-09 César Vargas, Writer, director, activist People talk so much about Latinos denying their Blackness, but bring up the term “white Latino” and you will see an extreme reaction, visceral attack from white Latinos themselves. Tactics such as (and I’m pretty…

  • Light-Skinned Latinos Tend To Vote More Republican. Be Careful How You Interpret That. Latino Voices The Huffington Post 2014-09-18 Roque Planas, Editor Lighter-skinned Latinos are more likely to vote Republican, according to polling data analyzed by the Washington Post. The data highlights rarely recognized racial divisions within the Latino community that have perplexed the U.S.…

  • Making Race Count in the Census New York University King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South New York, New York 10012 Wednesday, 2014-09-17, 18:30-21:00 EDT (Local Time) Are Hispanics becoming white? Are Latin@s a race? How can we account for race and ethnicity in ways that best represent our interests? Can…

  • As noted in the acknowledgements, this compilation of essays, poetry, prose, and personal narratives coalesced over the past two decades from readings for classes taught by the editors. The collection focuses on the intersection of the Black and Latin@ experiences, avoiding the exclusivity of either/or dualities and instead emphasizing the rich history and diversity found…

  • The Michael Brown Tragedy: A Christian of Color Perspective Jesus for Revolutionaries: A Blog About Race, Social Justice, and Christianity 2014-08-25 Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles Today is the funeral of Michael Brown. Please join me in praying for comfort for his family.…

  • Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach Oxford University Press 2014-08-01 528 pages 7-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches Paperback ISBN: 9780199920013 Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Merced Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach engages students in critical questions related to racial dynamics in the U.S. and around the world. Written in accessible,…

  • Modern Diversity May Prompt US Census Bureau to Seek Better Classification of Hispanics’ Race Latin Post 2014-07-29 Nicole Akoukou Thompson Modernizing data and research methods, as well as offering clear depictions of diversity in the nation’s population, are prominent objectives of the United States Census Bureau. However, the government agency has often missed its mark.…

  • A surprising number of people change their race and ethnicity from one Census to the next The Washington Post 2014-08-06 Emily Badger, Reporter On Census forms, the option to check a box for racial or ethnic identity presupposes that there’s an unambiguous answer: white, black, American Indian, Hispanic, etc. But identity is a fluid thing.…

  • America’s Churning Races: Race and Ethnic Response Changes between Census 2000 and the 2010 Census CARRA Working Paper Series Working Paper #2014-09 Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications United States Census Bureau Washington, D.C. 2014-08-04 56 pages Carolyn A. Liebler University of Minnesota Sonya Rastogi U. S. Census Bureau Leticia E. Fernandez U. S.…

  • Census Data Confusion, Manipulation, and Latinos of Mixed Ancestry or “Should Latino be a Race?” Presented at The Second Annual Mixed Heritage Conference University of California, Los Angeles 2014-04-16 Thomas Lopez, President Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) Multiracial Americans President Thomas Lopez delivers a talk on changing the Census categories to allow Latino to…