“It’s a question of what people choose to call themselves,” said Laura E. Gómez, a law professor at UCLA and author of the book “Inventing Latinos: A New Story on American Racism.”
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“Latinos have a very high work – they’ve been essential workers, not the physicians and nurses but they are the farm workers that give us the food, the truck drivers, the food service workers, attenders, construction workers and Latinos have more wage earners per household than on a span of white household,” says David Hayes-Bautista.
“Los Angeles under Covid-19 has won the world series in baseball, the championship in basketball and holds the title for most Covid-19 infections and the most Latinos who are losing their lives,” said Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy and Politics Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, to the Guardian.
Sonja Diaz appeared on KQED’s “Latino Vote” to discuss Latinos in the 2020 elections. “Thinking about the invisibility of Latinos, that this is not simply a political issue, but goes across all parts of our institutions, among society — not just newsrooms — but Hollywood and media and entertainment. To academia, to philanthropy. The lack of…
Mary J. Lopez, an economics professor at Occidental College and policy expert for the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, said the unequal job recovery for Latina Californians results “in a widening gap between Latinas and whites.”
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