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UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so that Latinos are meaningfully considered in all policymaking conversations.
Latino America: How Americaâs Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation by Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura was included as one of the top books in the 2020 election reading list.
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âAs Latinos take a disproportionate financial hit from the COVID-19 crisis, now is a good time to focus on increasing training opportunities and to strengthen the social safety net to catch workers who are left behind,” said Rodrigo Dominguez-Villegas, the report’s author and director of research at the Latino policy and politics initiative. âMillions of…
âWhile oftentimes we argue that the United States is quote-unquote âpost-racial,â we see a lot of incidents such as this one in Torrance, where we can see how race is still really a fundamental feature that we use when we interact with one another,â said Natalie Masuoka, an associate professor of political science and Asian…
During one meeting on September 1st, the campaignâs senior Latino staffâincluding deputy campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, senior advisor Cristobal Alex, pollster Matt Barreto, and consultant Adrian Saenzâmet with the analytics team to discuss expanding the universe of Latino voters being targeted by the campaign, according to sources with knowledge of the meetings.
LPPI expert Efren Perez appeared on NPR Code Switch to discuss the term POC. âWhen we affirm the parallel experiences that unify the group, you see that higher levels of identifying as a person of color lead you to be more supportive of Black Lives Matter and DACA.â
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