"Latinx" (pronounced 'La-teen-ex) is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country. This is the fastest-growing sector of American society, containing the most immigrants. It is the poorest ethnic group in the country, whose political empowerment is altering the balance of forces in a growing number of states. And yet, Latin barely figure in America's racial conversation-the US census does not even have a category for "Latino." In this groundbreaking discussion, Ed Morales explains how Latin political identities are tied to a long Latin American history of mestizaje, translatable as "mixedness" or "hybridity", and that this border thinking is both a key to understanding bilingual, bicultural Latin cultures and politics and a challenge to America's infamously black/white racial regime. This searching and long-overdue exploration of a crucial development in American life updates Cornel West's bestselling Race Matters with a Latin inflection.
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- Authors:
- Morales, Ed
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781784783198
- Number of Pages:
- 368
- Publication Date:
- 25/09/2018
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Year Published:
- 2018
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Verso Books
- SKU:
- 9781784783198