Inventing Latinos A New Story of American Racism

Laura E. Gómez (Author)

$17.99

Publisher: New Press
Format: Book
Binding: pb
Pages: 336
Released: September 6, 2022

Who are Latinos and where do they fit in America’s racial order? In this timely book Laura E. Gómez, a leading critical race scholar, argues that it is only recently that Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Central Americans, and others are seeing themselves (and being seen by others) under the banner of a cohesive racial identity. And the catalyst for this emergent identity, she argues, has been the ferocity of anti-Latino racism.

Gómez illuminates for readers the fascinating race-making, unmaking, and re-making processes that Latinos have undergone over time, indelibly changing the way race functions in this country.

 

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