Chapter 11: “The Decade of the Hispanic” and Hispanic Politics in the 1980s

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Chapter 11 “The Decade of the Hispanic” and Hispanic Politics in the 1980s
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The “Decade of the Hispanic”
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Abstract

The 1980s represented a significant change for Hispanics in America, largely due to the geopolitical events happening around the Western Hemisphere. Much of America’s knowledge of Latino culture had been centered around the Mexican American experience in the previous century. However, with events happening in Latin American countries in the 1960s and proliferating in the 1980s, leading to the redefining of America’s Hispanic population from just “Mexican” to “Latino” and ultimately, “Latino/x,” the narrative began to change.

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