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âOn September 10, the Chicano Studies Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) released a report forcefully titled âInvisible No More.â The study, carried out with the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Initiative, evaluates current Latino representation at the Smithsonian Institution, which, as you might have gleaned from the title, is not…
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âJust as .â.â. the largest minority in the country comes to the table, (the Smithsonian) says âWe canât do that anymore, weâre going to try something new, to integrate you across the institution,âââ Chon Noriega, one of the reportâs authors, said. âThat should be happening anyway. That shouldnât be the compromise.â
âIt appears that all efforts related to the advancement of a U.S. Latino museum have taken place outside of the Smithsonianâ, said Sonja DĂaz.
âWhen you look at leadership, the Smithsonian is on par with other major cultural institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty and the Chicago Art Institute, which have almost no minority leadership or governance,â said Noriega.
âlos latinos siguen en gran medida âexcluidosâ de las entidades que bajo su paraguas narran la historia del paĂs, segĂșn denunciĂł este lunes un informe. Se trata del primer âanĂĄlisis rigurosoâ, a cargo de la Universidad de California en Los Angeles (UCLA), la Iniciativa de PolĂticas Latinas (LPPI), y el Centro de InvestigaciĂłn de Estudios…
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