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  • Op-Ed: Why did so few Latinos identify themselves as white in the 2020 census?

    But all the justified focus on the “browning” of America obscured a second storyline: the browning of Brown America.

  • About Latino Whiteness…

    About Latino Whiteness… The NiLP Report on Latino Politics & Policy The National Institute for Latino Policy 2016-04-10 CONTENTS “A Response to Linda Martín Alcoff’s ‘Latinos and the Category of Whiteness’” By Manuel Pastor (April 10, 2016) “Reply to Manuel Pastor” by Linda Martín Alcoff (April 10, 2016) Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American…

  • Pinpointing Another Reason That More Hispanics Are Identifying as White

    Pinpointing Another Reason That More Hispanics Are Identifying as White The New York Times 2014-06-02 Nate Cohn Recently, I wrote about new research that showed that a net 1.2 million Hispanics changed their racial identification from “some other race” to “white” between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. Manuel Pastor, a professor at the University of…

  • Are Latinos Really Turning White?

    Are Latinos Really Turning White? Latino Voices The Huffington Post 2014-05-29 Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies University of Southern California Writing for The New York Times, Nate Cohn recently reported that more Hispanics are identifying as white. The piece—which even includes a cute graphic in which a (presumably Latino) man steps from…

  • Where in the World Is Juan—and What Color Is He?: The Geography of Latina/o Racial Identity in Southern California

    Where in the World Is Juan—and What Color Is He?: The Geography of Latina/o Racial Identity in Southern California American Quarterly Volume 65, Number 2, June 2013 pages 309-341 DOI: 10.1353/aq.2013.0020 Laura Pulido, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity University of…

  • Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future (Revised and Updated)

    Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America’s Future (Revised and Updated) W. W. Norton & Company June 2010 288 pages 5.5 × 8.25 in Paperback ISBN 978-0-393-33685-6 by Angela Glover Blackwell Stewart Kwoh Manuel Pastor, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity University of California, Santa Cruz With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now…