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Commentary: By Nancy Lopez As a sociologist of racial, ethnic and gender Read more…
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<p> Last week, after years of urging, the Census Bureau released this statement:</p>
Nielsen provides a reflection of diversity
By Monica Gil
SVP Public Affairs at The Nielsen Company
The glorious celebration of Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, eagerly anticipated in cities and communities throughout the country. America is a wondrous tapestry of many colorful threads, it is important to acknowledge everything that makes us who we are.
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<p> La Oficina del Censo acaba de revelar que somos más de 50 millones de hispanos en Estados Unidos, exactamente 50,477,594, y que nos hemos consolidado como la minoría más grande, con un porcentaje de 16.3, en contraste con los afroamericanos que constituyen 12.6 y los asiáticos que alcanzaron a ser 4.8 de la población total del país.</p>
Editorial: By now you have probably heard about the US Census numbers Read more…
<p><strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p> The most diverse state in the nation became even more so over the past decade, with big shifts in California’s ethnic populations certain to trigger seismic changes in its political landscape as well.</p>
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<p> For as long as can be remembered, San Diego County was home to a Western-European descendant population that politically and economically controlled the region. The other ethnic and racial group minorities were tolerated, as long as they were passive in their demands and submissive to the will of the majority.</p>
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<p> The announcement this week of the 2010 Census population count didn’t tell us how many Latinos there were in the United States today, but it did tell us that Latinos are poised to became a powerful political force. Maybe.</p>
<p><strong>Scripps Howard Foundation Wire</strong></p>
<p> Hispanic-owned businesses are booming across the United States, specifically in the South. </p>
<p> Arkansas had a 160 percent increase in Hispanic-owned business, growing from 2,094 businesses in 2002 to 5,457 in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.</p>