Latino Participation In America

The presence of Latino leaders in all levels of government is necessary in order to have advocates who will represent the needs of the Latino community. Although the Latino population is on the rise and quickly becoming one of the largest ethnic minorities in the United States, the ethnic and racial backgrounds of leaders in government positions are not reflective of our nation’s diversity. Leadership can be developed within the Latino community by individuals who are active participants, have strong roots in their community, and

Juan Gonzalez argues that the Latino population in the United States continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. Americans have feel high levels or insecurity when it comes to the Latino populations and Gonzalez argues that it is due to the lack of knowledge in addition to the growing anti-immigrant rhetoric that is being created by the Republican party. The transformation of the United States is incredibly massive and by 2050 1 out of 3 will be of Latin American descent and if these numbers continue to grow by 2100 half of the population will be Latino. Juan Gonzales expresses that the central theme of his book is the huge Latino presence in the United States and the role of the United States in Latin America, therefore understanding the Latino presence in the American nation is completely due to the harvest of empire that the United States has create, which is a result of over a century of domination.

Immigration of Latinos has long caused cultural conflict, especially when it comes to the illegal immigration of Latinos. Unfortunately, the issue has long been debated and there seems to be no clear cut answer on how to resolve the problem. Many Americans often overlook the struggles that Latinos endure and place stereotypes upon this group of people that are untrue. Furthermore, most Americans are misinformed or uninformed about the other side of this hot issue. The purpose of this essay is to give the reader a better understanding of Latino immigration from a cultural perspective and what these immigrants, both legal and illegal experience when relocating to a new country as well as a brief discussion on the issue of immigration reform.

The following discussion and statements are done so such that they incorporate the ideas and struggles of the Latino races regarding certain subjects down upon chapter 3 “Latinos in the united states” and chapter 4 “borders, immigration and citizenship”. This discussion is about the oppression that people Latinos and Native Americans and other ethnic groups have gone through. Some points in the discussion are oppression towards Mexican American and Native Americans, how they were treated and the impact they had.

In 2008, African-American presidential nominee Barack Obama garnered 67% of the Latino vote. In his bid for re-election, President Barack Obama acquired 71% of the Latino vote (Pew Research Center). With these statistics in mind, one can conclude that there has been a consistent growing pattern of continued co-operation between blacks and Latinos at the national level. This is in complete contrast however, to the mindset of some observers who believed that Latinos would not come out in the numbers they did because of racial bias and because of the fact that Obama received much less support amongst Latinos in the democratic primaries when faced against Hilary Clinton (Hero & Preuhs, p.3). Many people mistakenly thought this to be so because

Mexican American empowerment was the goal of The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, it was a civil rights movement extending the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. During this movement there were three goals that were achieved, which was land was restored, education reforms were gained and the rights for farm workers. . Latinos lacked influence in the national political arena prior to the 1960’s but that changed when the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) were diligent in working to get John F. Kennedy elected president in 1960, which in turn established Latinos as a significant voting bloc. Once in office Kennedy had shown his gratitude towards the Latino community by addressing their concerns of the Hispanic community

Furthermore, because they are a young group and a significant proportion are not yet of voting age, with one quarter of Hispanics being under 18, Their full political importance is yet to show as they have not yet acquired the right to vote, which is one

Now it has become the largest racial minority in the U.S., there’s no denying the influence that Latinos have as a voting bloc. While Hispanics have more political power than they did during the Civil Rights Era, they also have new challenges. Immigration and education reforms are of key importance to the community. Due to the urgency of such issues, this generation of Chicanos will likely produce some notable activists of its own.

This research examines the disjuncture between Hispanic strength in population and Hispanic participation in politics. I examine the nature of this disjuncture: its severity, its causes, and its consequences. Hispanics currently comprise 11.2% of the U.S. population, but the Hispanic vote in the 1998 elections comprised only 4.7% of all ballots cast. The situation is even bleaker when considering Hispanic representation in Congress. Currently, less than four percent of U.S. House members are Latino. Add to that clear disjuncture the fact that two of the Hispanic Congressmen do not even possess the ability to vote and that there is not a single Hispanic Senator, and we see that

A diverse minority group of Latino and Spanish-speaking peoples has played an important part of what it means to be American and what it means to be a citizen in the United States today. Moving into the future, in order to analyze the trajectory that this group is in, we must first understand the group’s history in the United States and in territories that would become the United States. In addition, we must look at the origins of the most recent wave of Latino immigration in order to understand their current effect on American society and the intersection between both minority and majority groups. Finally, we get to the apex of this investigation: what lies in the future for Latino Americans in the United States? Although Latino

According to the Pew Research Center, a record number of Hispanics were eligible to vote in 2014. The number of eligible Hispanic voters in the 1986 midterm elections was 7.5 million, whereas in 2014 midterm elections, the number was 25.2 million, an increase in 236%. Even though Hispanic voter turnout has been increasing in the last few elections, it is still very low compared to the national average and all the major minority groups. In the 2014 Midterm Election, Hispanics made 8% of the nation’s voters, a number that equaled to the elections of 2010 and 2012. Even though by 2012 eligible Latino voters reached a record number of 11% of the total voters, Latino vote did not surge, in fact it was the same or even less than prior elections. Just like the midterm elections, Hispanics also have a low turnout rate in presidential elections. In the 2008 Presidential Election, 9.7 million Hispanics voted out of the 19.5 million who were eligible to vote. Making the Hispanic voter turnout rate to be around 49.7%. In the 2012 Presidential Election, 11.2 million Hispanics voted out of the

The questions that Latino leaders should ask themselves are: What do we as a society want to do with our lives? Accomplish our goals, reach our dreams, exert what we desire, or be one more sheep in the herd? We need to be intelligent enough to avoid choosing the pathway that is exercised by the majority of immigrants in this country. As a matter of fact, a large portion of immigrants forget their culture, their roots, their family; they forget everything in order to “stand out” in any foreign country they migrate to. We have to ask ourselves if we want a change, or if we are going to permit that the majority of the Latin-American nations continue to be considered as third world countries. Do we want to continue being governed by corrupt leaders, liars, who only care about money, themselves, and only take advantage of “their” people? We have to ask ourselves if we are going to keep permitting corruptors to continue expanding, or whether someone is going to speak up for his people, his country, and for his family, someone who not only cares about money, nor just oneself, someone who actually cares about his community.

The amount of Latinos in this country is rapidly growing; the Latino community is 16.3 percent of the population. In the article written by Kate Linthicum, it is estimated that 40 million Latinos will be eligible to vote by 2030 and in 2014, 25 million Latinos were eligible to vote. In the previous 2012 Presidential elections, the massive amount of Latinos had a significant importance in the election. Both the Democratic and Republican political party aimed to receive the support of the Latino voters. This upcoming election both political parties will have to find strategies to win over the Latino vote. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican political party is a perfect fit for the Latinos in the United States. They both have some qualities

The United States of America is considered a melting pot of heritages and nationalities from all around the world. There is no official language, and no one culture all citizens abide by. Despite the fact that everyone in this country is different from one another, there is still a constant uniform citizen that has a more favorable position. This citizen is white, English-speaking, and somehow always in the front of the public sphere. In the recent years, there has been an increasingly dominant Latino presence in America. Their strength in numbers challenges there being a poster American citizen, and that that citizen will remain white. When working to assimilate to America’s “culture,” Lations seem to believe that there is one America, within which people speak a singular language and experience one culture. The pressure to assimilate stems from the white citizens of the country feeling threatened when there is a new culture and language, which they do not understand. As a result they feel personally threatened by the people who can speak both Spanish and English, and their response response involves marginalization and the obvious exclusion of Latino groups in the United States. There is a phenomenon, cultural citizenship, where Latinos perform their cultural practices to stretch their identity into the states, and practice their right to be authentic members of their community.

The United States isn't as progressive and accepting as I thought, there are people all around us who harbor deep feelings of resentment towards minorities and that's not ok. This was the message that Jorge Ramos was attempting to convey in his documentary. There is rising hate all around us, and that does not seem to concern a large portion of our population. Today, it is Latinos that Donald Trump has used as a scapegoat for America’s plethora of issues. Who knows who this man will target tomorrow? We are all Americans, nothing can change that: including race, gender, sex, religion, or belief. We were all told that America was a “melting pot” when we were growing up. Somehow this meant that all peoples and their differing beliefs would make up one united nation. In a way, this is true. The ingredients of a melting pot are destroyed in order to make up one substance. There is no differentiation in a melting pot. Is this what we want to be? Somehow as a nation we need to come together and move towards a more accepting America, and this election was not a step in the right direction. Latinos everywhere will be targeted with aggression and violence all because of a political strategy. Latinos, as well as many other racial minorities, will be forced to forfeit their identities just to feel safe. Many U.S. citizens will choose to leave the country in order to have a place they can truly call home. Every election season people say that to change the world, you need to vote. However, I honestly believe that what's more important is what you've done leading up to the election. All you can do is do your best to spread a message of positivity and acceptance and maybe by next election our nation will be ready for a more progressive candidate that can move our nation in the right