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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.
My abuelo (grandfather in Spanish) was born in a tiny pueblo called Mezcala in Jalisco, Mexico. At the age of 12, he learned his father died in prison. Though he was an avid student, he left school to work and support his mother and six siblings.
Read More | September 16, 2021
“What we saw is that Newsom’s pro-immigrant agenda is popular in California, and Latino voters showed up to protect that agenda. It will be important for Latino communities to continue to be organized and for the governor to promote policies that benefit Latino communities. We still need a lot of work in housing, better access…
Read More | September 15, 2021
What we do is analyze precinct-level data and analyze the results in places with high concentrations of Latino voters. So far, we see that Latinos voted against the recall in very large numbers”, said LPPI research director Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas.
According to preliminary exit polls and early vote analysis, the enthusiasm gap didn’t materialize. A clear majority of early-voting Latinos identified as Democrats. “Latinos voting in the #CArecall since in-person voting opened are still mostly Dems,” tweeted Michael Rios, a UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative research analyst.
Given that people with cultural connections to Latin America hold divergent thoughts about how to identify themselves, would changing the name of Hispanic Heritage Month be productive? Laura Gómez, author of the book “Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism” and a professor of law at University of California, Los Angeles, said she thinks so.
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