Latinx : the new force in American politics and culture

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Latinx : the new force in American politics and culture

Title remainder

the new force in American politics and culture

Statement of responsibility

Ed Morales

Title variation

New force in American politics and culture

Creator

• Morales, Ed, 1956-

Author

• Morales, Ed, 1956-

Subject

• Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government -- 21st century
• Cultural pluralism -- United States
• United States -- Ethnic relations
• Hispanic Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century
• Hispanic Americans -- Ethnic identity

Language

eng

Summary

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics "Latinx" (pronounced "La-teen-ex") is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country. This is the fastest-growing sector of American society, containing the most immigrants. It is the poorest ethnic group in the country, whose political empowerment is altering the balance of forces in a growing number of states. And yet, Latins barely figure in America's racial conversation--the US census does not even have a category for "Latino." In this groundbreaking discussion, Ed Morales explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin American history of mestizaje, translatable as "mixedness" or "hybridity", and that this border thinking is both a key to understanding bilingual, bicultural Latin cultures and politics and a challenge to America's infamously black/white racial regime. This searching and long-overdue exploration of a crucial development in American life updates Cornel West's bestselling Race Matters with a Latin inflection

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973/.046872

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult