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Local Latino Politics In Miami and Los Angeles - College Papers

Local Latino Politics In Miami and Los Angeles

The Implications of Racial and Ethnic Politics for Latinos in Miami, Florida and East Los Angeles, California

All politics is local, it has been said by many political pundits and armchair political analysts alike. It might be added, somewhat controversially, that no politics is more uniquely more local than the politics of race and ethnicity. Although the United States may be increasingly homogenized by a common media culture, some state or local areas still retain their unique characters largely due to ethnic makeup or national origin of a large segment of its residents.
Two local populations dominated by the language and cultures of Hispanic Americans are those of Miami, Florida ...

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has supported democratic activists, unlike Miami, which is extremely conservative. This paper will attempt to explain why this is so, for demographic, economic, and political reasons.

What unique segment of the population are you looking at for each state?

Miami's Cuban population has been its dominant ethnic and racial feature since Castro came to power in the Cuban nation during the end of the 1950's. In Miami, Latinos make up 50 percent of the population, the largest percentile of any major U.S. city. However, the Latino population of Eastern L.A. is equally high. However, its population is not nearly as ethnically homogenous as is Miami. In other words, while Miami has recently assimilated large numbers from Central and South America, nearly three-fifths of the roughly 1 million Latinos there are of Cuban descent. (Henderson, 1999) Because of the United States' proximity and its support of the previous Baptista regime, and its willingness to accept Cuban immigrants as ...

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Added: 7/3/2016 04:16:40 AM
Category: Social Issues
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