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New Census data shows Latinos driving shift in U.S. population demographic

NewsTaco June 25, 2015

*This is a lot like watching food cook. We know what’s happening, it’s been happening since before the 2000 Census discovered Latinos. The growth is statistically undeniable and the yearly […]

Some Thoughts on Racial Identity

NewsTaco June 17, 2015

The Catch-22 of U.S. citizenship law

NewsTaco June 16, 2015

The Myth of a White Minority

NewsTaco June 11, 2015

*The problem of racial and cultural identity becomes more difficult as Americans intermarry. Fifteen percent of new marriages cross lines, making new definitions possible, changing the way we see ourselves […]

Will California ever become a majority-Latino state? Maybe not

NewsTaco June 4, 2015

*Because the immigration from Mexico and Latin America has fallen after the recession, and because the U.S. Latino birthrate have fallen as well, the projections of when Latinos will become […]

Study Shows Latinas are More Likely to Have Larger Families

NewsTaco May 11, 2015

*Latinas are still having more babies than others, but the mythical large Latino family is shrinking. This has economic, educational, and political implications.  VL   By Cristina Arreola, Latina By […]

There is no such thing as “White Hispanic” – except in the census definitions

NewsTaco March 25, 2015

*A couple of things. First, the idea of whether Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is Hispanic, Latino, or “Hispanic enough” is bound to come up in commentary, opinion or general […]