AMST 2440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: North American Free Trade Agreement, Salsa Music, Los Tigres Del Norte
8 May 2017
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Latinos reshaping american cities/ american cities reshaping latinos. Recap: new immigration past 30 years a boost for struggling american cities. Case study: latinos: fastest growing ethnic minority. Passed african-americans as largest minority group: ~ 55 million latinos in the united states, 17% of the population, by 2030 1 in 4 u. s. residents will be of hispanic ancestry. Debates about categories: hispanic invented by fed. Hispanic - emphasize spanish language, connection to spain. Latino emphasize latin america roots, includes brazil. Why is a latino/hispanic category important? (big debate in latino studies) * categories are imp"t data helps gov. and bus. address issues like inequality (ex: case of france drawbacks of a colorblind census) * unifying pan-latino category more political power, representation. * captures latinidad" - there is a common experience, culture. Puerto rican, bolivian, mexican culture diverse and different. Most prefer to identify by country of origin (or even region w/in country!)
