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Race

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Latin, Latino, or Hispanic, As You Please

  • by Jerry Brito
  • February 14, 2013

Why introduce the word “Latino” into the English language when “Latin” is a perfectly good word that means the same thing, and anyway, what people really mean to say is Hispanic? Oh, that’s why.

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Political Correctness

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Privilege and Prejudice

  • by Andrea Castillo
  • February 12, 2013

The concept of demographic privilege is quickly gaining traction on college campuses as the prevailing paradigm through which race and class scholars analyze social inequality. This philosophy has had an interesting, and concerning, effect on its adherents’ styles of discussing ideas and considering alternative points of view.

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