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What the Hell Is the ‘Latino Vote,’ And Is Talking About It Inherently Racist? An Expert Explains

“Race isn’t in our heads because it’s ‘real,’ race is real because it’s in our heads,” writes Dr. Laura E. Gómez, a UCLA law professor, in her latest book Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism. “We think of race categories as essential and immutable, as reflecting notions of blood, stock, ancestry, and DNA….

Read More | November 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Why Texas’s overwhelmingly Latino Rio Grande Valley turned toward Trump

Analysis from UCLA’s Latino Policy and Politics Institute showed Biden earned more than three-quarters of votes in precincts with high Latino concentrations in Dallas, Tarrant, Travis and El Paso counties, which include Austin and Fort Worth. (Also: The Independent.)

Read More | November 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Health

COVID-19 is Disproportionately Affecting Farmworkers in California

Since the start of the coronavirus in March, David Hayes-Bautista and a team of doctors and researchers have led this reporting, specifically examining who’s been able to afford care; and how farmworkers are managing, when they are made entirely responsible for their own safety.

Read More | November 13, 2020

News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Los cinco mayores motos del voto hispano en EEUU

The biggest myth “is that there is a monolithic vote. And I think this election has helped bring him down,” says Matt Barreto, co-founder of pollster Latino Decisions, who worked on polls with President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign, told AFP.

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Election’s over, but battle over its meaning is just beginning

“You have to cover Latinos depending on where they are,” says Chris Zepeda-Millán, an associate professor in UCLA’s public policy department. This year, the Trump campaign did a better job of turning out conservative-leaning Cuban Americans in Florida, through ad “micro-targeting” and other means, says Professor Zepeda Millán. That helped push President Trump to victory…

Read More | November 13, 2020

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