âThe very fact of treating Latinos as an ethnic group as opposed to as a racial group is part of the way Latinos have been racialized in the United States,â says Laura E. GĂłmez.
Read More | April 19, 2021
EfrĂ©n PĂ©rez, associate professor of political science and sociology at Vanderbilt, calls implicit bias âan umbrella term for a variety of attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and stereotypes that we all carry to some degree. They tend to be automatically triggered, hard to control and can often influence what we say and do without our awareness.â
LPPI Expert Nicholas EspĂritu writes on the new voting rights legislation, For the People Act of 2021 (H.R.1), sponsored and passed in the House by Democrats and unanimously opposed by Republicans. He argues that H.R.1 aims to remove barriers and structural hurdles to voter participation and fairness (Also: Yahoo! News).
“A lot of the excitement had to do with the introduction of a new character, JoaquĂn Torres, and the sense that he would evolve into the next superhero,” says Chon Noriega, a UCLA professor of film, television and digital media, of Ramirez’s Falcon debut. “But there’s another reason for the excitement. Often, Latino characters that appear…
Read More | April 16, 2021
Join the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute for a conversation with Congressional leaders, migration policy experts, and advocates to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead with implementing comprehensive immigration reform.
Read More | April 15, 2021
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