Latino

Examples of Latino in the following topics:

• Latinos

  • On average, Latino citizens continue to vote at significantly lower rates than non-Latino white voters.
  • Latino communities make up one of the fastest growing groups in the US.
  • On average Latino citizens continue to vote at significantly lower rates that non-Latino white voters.
  • Additionally, many Latino political activists, who are more visible in their political participation, have often been quite different from the average Latino.
  • This provision has been shown to have a significant impact on improving rates of voting by Latino citizens.

• Civil Rights of Latinos

  • Policies regarding immigration, language, and voting are modern-day civil rights issues that affect Latinos living in the United States.
  • Voting redistricting laws that serve to limit the political power of Latino voting blocs are examples of contemporary civil rights controversy affecting Latinos.
  • "Latino" is a term used primarily in the United States to designate people of Latin American heritage or descent.
  • Census considers Latino persons to share an ethnic group, not a race.
  • Therefore, on the census individuals of any race can indicate that they are Hispanic or Latino.

• Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.

  • Census, White Americans (non-Hispanic/Latino and Hispanic/Latino) are the racial majority, with an 72% share of the U.S. population, per 2010 US Census.
  • The White, non-Hispanic or Latino population comprises 66% of the nation's total.
  • The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino", which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.
  • The question on Hispanic or Latino origin is separate from the question on race.
  • Self-identifying as Hispanic or Latino and not Hispanic or Latino is neither explicitly allowed nor explicitly prohibited.

• Practice 1: Contingency Tables

  • Of the people smoking at most 10 cigarettes per day, there were 9886 African Americans, 2745 Native Hawaiians, 12,831 Latinos, 8378 Japanese Americans, and 7650 Whites.
  • Of the people smoking 11-20 cigarettes per day, there were 6514 African Americans, 3062 Native Hawaiians, 4932 Latinos, 10,680 Japanese Americans, and 9877 Whites.
  • Of the people smoking 21-30 cigarettes per day, there were 1671 African Americans, 1419 Native Hawaiians, 1406 Latinos, 4715 Japanese Americans, and 6062 Whites.
  • Of the people smoking at least 31 cigarettes per day, there were 759 African Americans, 788 Native Hawaiians, 800 Latinos, 2305 Japanese Americans, and 3970 Whites.

• Hispanics as a Political Force

  • Some political organizations associated with Hispanic and Latino Americans are LULAC, the NCLR, the United Farm Workers, the Cuban American National Foundation, and the National Institute for Latino Policy
  • Hispanics and Latinos made political gains under the Clinton Administration.
  • This 1998 photograph shows President Bill Clinton and his Hispanic and Latino appointees.
  • Immigration is an important issue for may Hispanic and Latino voters.

• Practice 2: Calculating Probabilities

  • Among Latino California registered voters, 55% prefer life in prison without parole over the death penalty for a person convicted of first degree murder.

• Additional Factors: Gender, Age, Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

  • The Latino population in the United States has grown to over 47 million people from diverse countries of origin.
  • Although this group forms a substantial political bloc, only 49 percent of eligible Latino voters voted in the 2008 presidential election.
  • Language is one barrier to Latino participation.
  • Candidates recognize that Latinos constitute a large and growing voting bloc and have begun campaigning in Spanish.
  • Candidates routinely aim campaign ads at the fast-growing Latino and Asian American populations.

• Racial Groups

  • The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino," which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.
  • Respondents also indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin, which the census considers separately from race.
  • Especially in the southwest United States, people of Latino origin make up a significant proportion of United States residents.

• Government Regulations

  • In the second half of 2006, groups such as the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the National Latino Media Council, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Institute for Latino Policy, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and others held town hall meetings in California, New York, and Texas on media diversity as its effects Latinos and minority communities.
  • At these Latino town hall meetings, the issue of the FCC's lax monitoring of obscene and pornographic material in Spanish-language radio and the lack of racial and national-origin diversity among Latino staff in Spanish-language television were other major themes.

• Latino Rights

  • Although they were unable to repeal the poll tax, their efforts did bring in new Hispanic voters who began to elect Latino representatives to the Texas House of Representatives and to Congress during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
  • Roybal ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, community activists established the Community Service Organization (CSO) which effectively registered 15,000 new voters in Latino neighborhoods.
  • In 1978, similar walkouts took place in Houston to protest the discrepant academic quality for Latino students.
  • Prior to the case, many Latino women who did not understand English were being sterilized in the United States without proper consent.