TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morales,Ed
TI  - Latinx: the new force in American politics and culture 
SN  - 9781784783198 (hardback)
AV  - 002 E 184 M828l 2018
U1  - 973/.046872 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - Hispanic Americans
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - United States
KW  - Hispanoamericanos
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Condiciones sociales
KW  - Identidad étnica
KW  - Multiculturalismo
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Relaciones étnicas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-338) and index
N2  - "The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics "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, Latins 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"--
ER  -