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This paper evaluates a Latino voter’s attitudes towards a candidate’s race and gender. This research uses data gathered in the Dallas County during the historical 2008 presidential election. The data used was obtained from 767 exit polls at precincts located in the 103 and 104 districts in...
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How do “Latinos” or “Hispanics” fit in the country’s “white racial frame”? Are they a “race” – or more precisely, a … putting an asterisk next to the label – uniquely among official categories – indicating that “Hispanics may be of any race … identities? Is the focus on “Hispanics” or “Latinos” as a catchall category (let alone “the browning of America”) misleading …
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This study assesses the role of social context in explaining racial and ethnic disparities in arrest, with a focus on how the distinct neighborhood contexts in which different racial and ethnic groups reside explain variations in criminal outcomes. To do so, I utilize a multilevel, longitudinal...
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Latinos will soon become the largest minority group in the United States. African-Americans may therefore be about to give up political clout to Latinos. This prospect has generated tension between African-Americans and Latinos. Given this background, it is important for Critical Race Theory and...
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are over 20 percentage points higher than for blacks or Hispanics. This paper uses a model of the housing tenure decision …
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Despite its distance from both the current and past U.S.-Mexican border and its relatively short history as a destination for Latin American immigrants, North Carolina has become the state with the fastest growing Latino population in the country. Given this demographic boom, I set out to learn...
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Using matched data from the 1996 to 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we examine racial patterns in annual transitions into and out of health insurance coverage. We first decompose racial differences in static health insurance coverage rates into group differences in transition rates into...
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