Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

7-10-2012

SSRN Discipline

Legal Scholarship Network; PSN Subject Matter eJournals; *Humanities - Forthcoming Areas; Social Insurance Research Network; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Latin-American & Mexican Studies; Cognitive Science Network; Humanities Network; Political Science Network; Political Behavior eJournals

Abstract

Addresses the double bind confronting Latinos Whereas conservatives think they pose a threat to Anglo culture some liberals disdain them for consuming resources such as sympathy that by rights ought to go to deeply disadvantaged groups such as blacks or Native Americans Probes and analyzes the latter neoliberal position Surveys a history of antiLatino nativism and advises on the desirability of Latino assimilation with the white majority

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