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Latinos and Latinas at Risk This page intentionally left blank Latinos and Latinas at Risk Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice Volume 1 GABRIEL GUTIÉRREZ, EDITOR Copyright © 2015 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Latinos and Latinas at risk : issues in education, health, community, and justice / Gabriel Gutiérrez, editor. volumes cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-313-39925-1 (hardcopy : alk. paper) · ISBN 978-0-313-39926-8 (ebook) 1. Hispanic Americans·Social conditions·21st century. 2. Hispanic Americans·Politics and government·21st century. 3. Hispanic Americans· Education. 4. Hispanic Americans·Health and hygiene. 5. United States· Ethnic relations. I. Gutiérrez, Gabriel, 1967(cid:259) editor of compilation. E184.S75L3676 2015 305.868'073·dc23 2014021943 ISBN: 978-0-313-39925-1 EISBN: 978-0-313-39926-8 19 18 17 16 15 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Greenwood An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Volume 1 Section 1: Latinos and Latinas: An Overview 1 Who Are Latinos and Latinas? 3 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Who Are Latinos/as? 13 2 Latinos and Latinas: The 2010 U.S. Census 14 Gabriel Gutiérrez 3 Regional Distribution of Latino and Latina Population 20 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Latinos/as and 2010 U.S. Census 26 4 Latinos/as and Racial Identification 27 Gabriel Gutiérrez 5 Politics, Economics, and Education of Latinos/as: The 2010 U.S. Census 36 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Politics, Economics, and Education 53 Section 2: Cultural Diversity and Public Policy 6 Culture Wars, Violence, and Latinos/as 57 Gabriel Gutiérrez 7 The Latino/a Immigrant Threat Narrative and Anti-Latino Violence 66 Ana M. Hidalgo Further Investigations: Culture Wars, Violence, and Latinos and Latinas 76 8 Diversity under Attack 77 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Diversity under Attack 85 v vi | Contents 9 Whiteness, Diversity, and Lack of Historical Perspective 86 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Whiteness, Diversity, and Lack of Historical Perspective 96 10 U.S. Policy, Human Value, and Latinos/as at the Turn of the 21st Century 98 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: U.S. Policy and Human Value, and Latinos/as at the Turn of the Century 107 Section 3: Migration and Immigration 11 Discovery Myths: First People, First Settlers 111 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Discovery Myths, First People, First Settlers 120 12 Chronology of Latinos/as in the Americas 121 Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: The United States and Latin America 143 13 Latinidad and the Maya Diaspora in the United States 145 Alicia Estrada 14 Maya Youth and Cultural Sustainability in the United States 151 Flori Boj-Lopez 15 Three Generations of Indigeneity, Migration, and Identity 171 mark! Lopez Further Investigations: Migration, Identity, and Cultural Sustainability 186 16 Immigration Laws and Latinos/as 188 Martha Escobar 17 „Secure Communities‰: Anti-Immigrant Policies and the Impact of ICE and Homeland Security 203 Bryant Partida 18 Immigration and Immigrant Stereotyping in the United States: Economy, Crime, and Harmful Myth Making 214 José M. Beltrán Further Investigations: Immigration Policy Myths and Realities 228 19 The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act 230 Selene Salas Contents | vii 20 The Rhetoric of the DREAM Act 242 José Prado Further Investigations: Rhetoric and Policy of the DREAM Act 250 Section 4: The Economy, Politics, and Social Justice 21 The Great Recession and Its Impact on the Chicana/o Community 253 David Rodriguez Further Investigations: The Great Recession 266 22 Economic Stratification: Understanding Latina/o Class Differences 267 Yanet Lopez 23 Remittances: The Risks and Opportunities of „Sending Money Home‰ 280 Jennifer Victoria 24 Latino/a Purchasing Power and Changing Dynamics of Marketing 291 Jocelyn Gomez Further Investigations: Latino/a Economic Contributions and Developments 298 25 Latino/a Voter Suppression: An Overview of Methods 300 Raúl Melgoza Jr. 26 Environmental Racism 313 Rebecca Gómez Further Investigations: Latino Voter Suppression, Representation, and Environmental Racism 325 27 Critical Issues for the Latino/a LGBT Community 327 David Guzman Further Investigations: Latino/a LGBT Critical Issues 337 28 Foreign Relations 338 Miriam Morales 29 United States(cid:259)Cuban Relations: The Cuban Five 346 Ariana Chavez and Gabriel Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Latinos/as, International Relations, and Foreign Policy 358 30 Latino/a Military Participation and Education 359 Tomás F. Summers Sandoval Jr. viii | Contents 31 Latinos, Cultural Identity, and U.S. Military Service: Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 368 Miguel Jimenez Further Investigations: Latinos/as and Military Service 386 32 Sparking the Latino Political Imagination: A Conversation with Presente.org Cofounder and Writer Roberto Lovato 387 Oriel María Siu Further Investigations: Presente.org 398 33 Biography: Linda Chavez-Thompson 399 Jocelyn Gomez 34 Biography: Sonia Sotomayor 403 Selene Salas Further Investigations: Linda Chavez-Thompson and Sonia Sotomayor 406 Volume I1 Section 5: Health Issues and Community Transformation 35 Latinos/as and Obesity 409 Monica Hernandez 36 Alcohol Industry Marketing in Latino/a Communities 417 Cynthia Cifuentes Further Investigations: Marketing and Consumption 425 37 Food Justice: Marketing to the Latino/a Communities 427 Soraira Urquiza 38 Community and Home Gardens: Transformative Spaces for Lower-Income Communities of Color 439 Nadia Zepeda Further Investigations: Food Justice and Food Sovereignty 448 39 The Wall·Las Memorias Project and Monument 449 Gabriel Gutiérrez and David Guzman Further Investigations: Community Advocacy and HIV/AIDS Awareness 458 40 Biography: Eva M. Moya 459 Bryant Partida 41 Biography: Richard H. Carmona 463 Adan Garcia Contents | ix 42 Biography: Richard L. Zaldivar 467 Gabriel Gutiérrez and David Guzman Further Investigations: Health Advocates 470 Section 6: Education 43 Latina/o Language Minority Parental Involvement in ChildrenÊs Education 473 Lily Galanis-Olaez 44 Parent Alienation in Charter Schools 483 José Prado Further Investigations: Parental Alienation and Involvement in Education 494 45 Latinas and the Educational Crisis 495 Eva J. Longoria 46 Latinas in Higher Education: Resistencia and Challenges 511 Nadia Zepeda Further Investigations: Latinas in Secondary and Higher Education 517 47 Latino/a High School Graduation and Push-Out/Dropout Rates 519 Norma Franco 48 School-to-Prison Pipeline: Personal and Professional Experiences 528 Alberto Gutiérrez Further Investigations: Push-Out/Dropout and School-to-Prison Pipeline 543 49 Multicultural Mathematics 545 Gabriel Gutiérrez and Monica Armendariz 50 Multicultural Science Education 555 Gabriel Gutiérrez and Monica Armendariz Further Investigations: Multicultural Mathematics and Science Education 562 51 No Child Left Behind 563 Angelica Amezcua Further Investigations: Latinos/as and Education Reforms 572 52 Bilingual Education Policy 574 Lily Galanis-Olaez
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