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...story could substitute a Mexican-American family - or Colombian- or Nicaraguan-American ones for that matter - but the gist would be the same. Many, if not most, Hispanics in the U.S. think of their ethnicity (also known as Latino) not just in cultural terms but in a racial context as well. It's why more than 40% of Hispanics, when asked on the Census form in 2000 to register white or black as their race, wrote in "Other" - and they represented 95% of all the 15.3 million people in the U.S. who did so. (See the 25 most influential Hispanics...
...addition to studying media and popular culture, Young said she also hopes to look at immigration in America and the backlash against Latino immigrants from black groups...
Tomorrow, Harvard Law School’s Latino Law and Policy Conference will hold a panel on “The Future of Immigration Reform” that will address the role of guest worker programs. Listed as one of the speakers is Mark Krikorian, head of Center for Immigration Studies, an anti-immigrant group with strong ties to hate groups...
...Latino Law and Policy Conference lists as part of its mission that it seeks to “encourage a forward-thinking dialogue” and “inspire the next generation of Latino leaders.” Does giving a platform to Krikorian, with his nasty views and even nastier connections, further that mission? Perhaps next time the conference should choose a different “expert” to address this complex and important topic...
...study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children’s first five years and finds that African American and Latino children in particular stand a much greater risk of being overweight...