Examples of Latino in the following topics:
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- At present, the two largest immigrant groups in the United States are Latinos and Asian-Americans.
- While there is general political debate surrounding immigration, the bulk focuses on Latinos.
- Latino immigrants, on the other hand, comprise a poorer, less-educated population.
- All immigrants are affected by certain civil rights issues, though Latinos may be more vulnerable than other groups.
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- African Americans overwhelmingly identify with the Democratic party, and Latinos also identify with the Democratic party.
- Latinos tend to participate in other forms of political activity with less frequency than either white or black citizens.
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- In the modern day, Asian Americans continue to comprise the second largest ethnic immigrant group, after Latinos.
- However, largely due to favorable stereotypes of Asian Americans, debates surrounding illegal immigration tend to focus on Latinos, who are more negatively stereotyped by native born Americans.
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- Since the passage of Proposition 209, enrollment rates for African Americans and Latinos have declined significantly, while rates have increased for Asian Americans.
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- The Pullman's union and the United Farm Workers unions are examples of unions that came together to advocate for the economic interests of African-American and latino workers.