POL 168 Chican@/Latin@ Politics

1. POL 168 Chican@/Latin@ Politics Professor Jones Dept. of Political Science UC-Davis Winter 2008

2. Images: Tancredo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zng6I74L5QY&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBK7bWh1m04&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TeamTancredo

3. Discussion • Major Themes? • Who is the intended audience? • Would you call that “race-baiting”? • A major issue among voters • …especially Republican voters • http://youtube.com/watch?v=AjVdALIgfBI • Leading issue in South Carolina • South Carolina

4. Census Data… • South Carolina • http://www.censusscope.org/us/s45/chart_race.html

5. What counts as “Latino”…as “Hispanic” The problem of “Spanish Origin” 22 Countries satisfy this condition Is it fair to say that anyone from one of these 22 countries is “just like” anyone from another of these 22 countries. How should we view “Latinos” A bloc? Monolithic interests? Pan-ethnicity vs. Groups Who are “Latinos”?

6. How do we know what we know?

7. How do we know what we know?

12. Who are “Latinos”? • Where are “Latinos” from? • “Border Invasion” • Implies the population is largely of Mexican descent. • In fact, it is… • However, substantial populations exist from Central and Latin American nations. • Some Data

16. Current Estimates and Projections • U.S. Population will be “majority-minority” by about 2050. • Largest growth rate among minority populations are “Hispanic origin” • Remember, we’re tied to Census definitions here. • What will it mean to be a “minority” in the future? • “Minority” status becoming more and more awkward in some local settings.

18. Population Estimates: US Census Bureau

19. More Clips for Thought • Anti-McCain Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs6wwg_ie6Y • Anti-McCain Attack Ad Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmhaypWwFPY • Ron Paul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-iJKwskH4 • Rudy Giuliani Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsHe8zg9o4 • Bi-Partisan Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw85f5fYGY

20. Percent Distribution of Hispanicsby Type: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

21. Hispanic Population by Type: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

22. Nativity by Type of Hispanic Origin: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

23. Percent Hispanic by Region : 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

24. Clips for Thought • Humorous Clip (not meaning to pick on the President!) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBskbZ9Pl6A • Manassas Controversy • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rnC9UZhV0&feature=related

25. Some Data • Let’s take a look at population change: • http://www.censusscope.org/us/map_hispanicpop.html • Occupation Characteristics (Pew Report) • http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/59.pdf • Another site (NDN; has a political agenda) • http://www.ndn.org/hispanic/hispanics-rising.pdf

26. Subgroups • Mexican (by far, the dominant Latino group) 65.5 percent of Latino population. • Geographically settled in California and Southwest but moving upward and eastward. • Puerto Rican (8.6 percent) • Geographically located primarily in east, particularly NYC/East Coast cities • Central and South American Origin on the rise. Settling in the South.

27. “Factoids” about the Mexican Population • 70 Percent of Californian Mexican Population are U.S. Citizens • http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7371775?nclick_check=1 • Implications? • Mobilization? • Some demographics of the group. • The following is from “Immigration From Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States” by Steven A. Camarota • Center for Immigration Studies: • http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/mexico/toc.html

28. Data from Center for Imm. Studies

29. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: Education

30. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: Labor

31. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: SES