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The presence and impact of Hispanics/Latinos in the United States cannot be ignored. Already the largest minority group, by 2050 their numbers will exceed all the other minority groups in the United States combined. The diversity of this population is often understated, but the people differ in terms of their origin, race. language, custom, religion, political affiliation, education and economic status. The heterogeneity of the Hispanic/Latino population raises questions about their identity and their rights: do they really constitute a group? That is, do they have rights as a group, or just as individuals? This volume, addresses these concerns through a varied and interdisciplinary approach.
List of contents
Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity, Race and Rights: An Introduction Part 1: Hispanic/Latino Identity, Ethnicity, and Race 1. Is Latina/o Identity a Racial Identity?, Linda Martín Alcoff 2. The Making of New Peoples: Hispanizing Race, Eduardo Mandieta 3. Negotiating Latina Identities, Ofelia Schutte 4. Cultural Particularity versus Universal Humanity: The Value of Being Asimilao, Paula M. L. Moya 5. The Larger Picture: Hispanics/Latinos (and Latino Studies) in the Colonial Horizon of Modernity, Walter D. Mignolo 6. It Must Be a Fake!: Racial Ideologies, Identities, and the Questions of Rights, Suzanne Oboler Part 2: Hispanic/Latino Identity, Politics, and Rights 7. Structure, Difference, and Hispanic/Latino Claims of Justice, Iris Marion Young 8. Universalism, Particularism, and Group Rights: The Case of Hispanics, Leonardo Zaibert and Millán-Zaibert 9. Accommodation Rights for Hispanics in the United States, Thomas W. Pogge 10. Affirmative Action for Hispanics? Yes and No, Jorge J. E. Gracia 11. Latino Identity and Affirmative Action, J. Angelo Corlett 12. Deliberation and Hispanic Representation, Pablo De Greiff Bibliography Contributors Subject Index Name Index
About the author
Jorge J. E. Gracia is Samuel P. Capen Chair and SUNY Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo. He is the author most recently of Hispanic/Latino Identity (1999). Pablo De Greiff is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo and editor of Drugs and theLimits of Liberalism (1999).
Summary
This collection of cutting-edge essays on the Hispanic/Latino population in the US makes a major contribution to Philosophy, Ethnic Studies and Latin American studies.
