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For Many Latinos, Race Is More Culture Than Color

NewsTaco January 25, 2016

*This is an old issue, but this article focuses, in part, on the political consequences of the answer. Political representation (voting districts) is divided by racial identification with the idea […]

This is America’s Least Diverse City…and It’s Not Black or White

NewsTaco January 14, 2016

Lupita Nyong’o Ruffles Feathers By Saying She is Not Just Kenyan; She Is “Mexican-Kenyan”

NewsTaco December 28, 2015

Birth rates among Latinas at an all-time low, as their prosperity continues to grow

NewsTaco November 30, 2015

*Jody Aguis Vallejo, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California, says that Latinas “are finally joining the trend of delaying having children in order to graduate college or […]

Census Changes Could Make Whites Less Than 50 Percent Sooner

NewsTaco November 19, 2015

*There’s a good infographic that circulated in social media networks recently, done by NPR it showed how much the “race” question had changed on census forms since 1850. For instance, those […]

Changing Demographics Tilt Toward Democrats — Eventually

NewsTaco November 5, 2015

*In mainstream mediaspeak “changing demographics”means more Latinos than ever before. The “eventually” part of the headline and story means our numbers are growing faster than our political power. A fascinating […]

The term ‘Asian’ may be overly broad but California is stuck with it

NewsTaco October 26, 2015

*This is very interesting! Many immigration projections have Asians surpassing Latinos in the not too distant future. Already, Asian immigration is growing at a fast pace. A recent letter to […]