Word: hispanicization
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Nowhere is the growing clout of Hispanics more evident than in the battles over redrawing local-, state- and congressional-election maps based on the 1990 Census. Armed with small computers, Latino activists are trying to translate their swelling numbers into political power by creating districts in which Hispanic voters are...
Hispanic leaders say they hope to double their seats in Congress, from 10 to 19, and add scores of Latinos to legislatures and city councils. California, Texas and Florida, where Latino population gains have been largest over the past decade, hold the most potential for Hispanic political gains. Says Andy...
The activists' key weapon is the Voting Rights Act, which permits the U.S. Justice Department to veto any districting plan that dilutes the voting strength of minorities. Last week the Justice Department blocked the use of a new redistricting plan for the New York city council on the grounds that...
Increasingly, these long-simmering tensions are flaring into violence, especially in cities where one of the groups has a monopoly on political power. Last May, Hispanics in black-controlled Washington went on a two-day rampage after a Latino man was wounded by a black police officer. In Cuban- dominated...
Despite this legacy, minorities now share in the game's broad popularity. On Southern California's public links, typically up to one-third of the players are black or Hispanic. At the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, where the initiation fee is $60,000, general manager Bill Masse says...