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In Latino Professionals in America, Maria Chavez combines rich
qualitative interviews, auto-ethnographic accounts, and policy
analysis to explore the converging oppressions that make it
difficult for Latinos to become professionals and to envision
themselves as successful in those professions. Recounting her own
story, Chavez interviews 31 Latino professionals from across the
nation in a variety of occupations and careers, contextualizing
their experiences amid family struggles and ongoing racism in the
United States. She addresses gender inequality within the Latino
community, arguing that by defending, rationalizing, or ignoring
patriarchy within the Latino community perpetuates systems of
oppression-especially for women; gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, and queer individuals; and others at the
intersections. The experiences of these Latino professionals and
the author's analysis provide a blueprint for what works-one, both
pragmatic and hopeful, that uses real lives to illustrate how a
combination of public policies, people, and perseverance increases
the presence of America's fastest-growing demographic group in the
professional class.
In Latino Professionals in America, Maria Chavez combines rich
qualitative interviews, auto-ethnographic accounts, and policy
analysis to explore the converging oppressions that make it
difficult for Latinos to become professionals and to envision
themselves as successful in those professions. Recounting her own
story, Chavez interviews 31 Latino professionals from across the
nation in a variety of occupations and careers, contextualizing
their experiences amid family struggles and ongoing racism in the
United States. She addresses gender inequality within the Latino
community, arguing that by defending, rationalizing, or ignoring
patriarchy within the Latino community perpetuates systems of
oppression-especially for women; gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, and queer individuals; and others at the
intersections. The experiences of these Latino professionals and
the author's analysis provide a blueprint for what works-one, both
pragmatic and hopeful, that uses real lives to illustrate how a
combination of public policies, people, and perseverance increases
the presence of America's fastest-growing demographic group in the
professional class.
In 2012, President Obama deferred the deportation of qualified
undocumented youth with his policy of Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals forever changing the lives of the approximately five
million DREAMers currently in the United States. Formerly illegal,
a generation of Latino youth have begun to build new lives based on
their newfound legitimacy. In this book, the first to examine the
lives of DREAMers in the wake of Obama s deferred action policy,
the authors relay the real-life stories of more than 100 DREAMers
from four states. They assess the life circumstances in which
undocumented Latino youth find themselves, the racializing effects
generated by current immigration public discourse, and the
permanent impact of this policy environment on DREAMers in
America."
"Latinos" are the largest group among Americans of color. At 59
million, they constitute nearly a fifth of the US population. Their
number has alarmed many in government, other mainstream
institutions, and the nativist right who fear the white-majority US
they have known is disappearing. During the 2016 US election and
after, Donald Trump has played on these fears, embracing xenophobic
messages vilifying many Latin American immigrants as rapists, drug
smugglers, or "gang bangers." Many share such nativist desires to
build enhanced border walls and create immigration restrictions to
keep Latinos of various backgrounds out. Many whites' racist
framing has also cast native-born Latinos, their language, and
culture in an unfavorable light. Trump and his followers' attacks
provide a peek at the complex phenomenon of the racialization of US
Latinos. This volume explores an array of racialization's
manifestations, including white mob violence, profiling by law
enforcement, political disenfranchisement, whitewashed
reinterpretations of Latino history and culture, and depictions of
"good Latinos" as racially subservient. But subservience has never
marked the Latino community, and this book includes pointed
discussions of Latino resistance to racism. Additionally, the
book's scope goes beyond the United States, revealing how Latinos
are racialized in yet other societies.
"Latinos" are the largest group among Americans of color. At 59
million, they constitute nearly a fifth of the US population. Their
number has alarmed many in government, other mainstream
institutions, and the nativist right who fear the white-majority US
they have known is disappearing. During the 2016 US election and
after, Donald Trump has played on these fears, embracing xenophobic
messages vilifying many Latin American immigrants as rapists, drug
smugglers, or "gang bangers." Many share such nativist desires to
build enhanced border walls and create immigration restrictions to
keep Latinos of various backgrounds out. Many whites' racist
framing has also cast native-born Latinos, their language, and
culture in an unfavorable light. Trump and his followers' attacks
provide a peek at the complex phenomenon of the racialization of US
Latinos. This volume explores an array of racialization's
manifestations, including white mob violence, profiling by law
enforcement, political disenfranchisement, whitewashed
reinterpretations of Latino history and culture, and depictions of
"good Latinos" as racially subservient. But subservience has never
marked the Latino community, and this book includes pointed
discussions of Latino resistance to racism. Additionally, the
book's scope goes beyond the United States, revealing how Latinos
are racialized in yet other societies.
In 2012, President Obama deferred the deportation of qualified
undocumented youth with his policy of Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals forever changing the lives of the approximately five
million DREAMers currently in the United States. Formerly illegal,
a generation of Latino youth have begun to build new lives based on
their newfound legitimacy. In this book, the first to examine the
lives of DREAMers in the wake of Obama s deferred action policy,
the authors relay the real-life stories of more than 100 DREAMers
from four states. They assess the life circumstances in which
undocumented Latino youth find themselves, the racializing effects
generated by current immigration public discourse, and the
permanent impact of this policy environment on DREAMers in
America."
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
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appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
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