The Politics of Being Afro-Latino/Latina
Ethnicity, Colorism, and Political Representation in Washington, D.C.- Authors:
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- 2022
Summary
Historically, Afro-Latinos/as have been underrepresented in political offices in the District of Columbia. Isreal G. Mallard explores the social/racial factors that influence the political attitudes of Afro-Latino/a voters, the Latino voting community at-large, and political representatives. Also, the author examines factors such as ethnicity and “pigmentocracy” (skin color) which play a role in electing an Afro-Latino/a to political office in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, he provides answers to address the social/racial factors that influence the electability of light-skin and dark-skin, self-identified Afro-Latinos/as running for political office in Washington, D.C. In addition, he discusses how social/racial factors influence the pathway to political office for self-identified Afro-Latinos/as. He uses a qualitative methodological approach which includes interview participants to provide answers to this study.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2022
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-6669-0817-6
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-6669-0818-3
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 110
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Figures No access
- List of Tables No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
- Background No access Pages 13 - 24
- Competing Perspectives No access Pages 25 - 50
- Afro-Latino/a Identity and Electability No access Pages 51 - 72
- Pathways to Political Office No access Pages 73 - 88
- Summary, Conclusions, and Policy Recommendations No access Pages 89 - 96
- Bibliography No access Pages 97 - 104
- Index No access Pages 105 - 108
- About the Author No access Pages 109 - 110





