1. POL 168 Chican@/Latin@ Politics Professor Jones Dept. of Political Science UC-Davis Winter 2008

2. Images: Tancredo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zng6I74 L5QY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zng6I74 L5QY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBK7bW h1m04&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBK7bW h1m04&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Tea mTancredohttp://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Tea mTancredo

3. Discussion Major Themes? Who is the intended audience? Would you call that “race-baiting”? A major issue among voters …especially Republican voters http://youtube.com/watch?v=AjVdALIgfBI Leading issue in South Carolina South Carolina

4. Census Data… South Carolina http://www.censusscope.org/us/s45/chart_ race.htmlhttp://www.censusscope.org/us/s45/chart_ race.html

5. Who are “Latinos”? What counts as “Latino”…as “Hispanic” The problem of “Spanish Origin” 22 Countries satisfy this condition Is it fair to say that anyone from one of these 22 countries is “just like” anyone from another of these 22 countries. How should we view “Latinos” A bloc? Monolithic interests? Pan-ethnicity vs. Groups

6. How do we know what we know?

12. Who are “Latinos”? Where are “Latinos” from? “Border Invasion” Implies the population is largely of Mexican descent. In fact, it is… However, substantial populations exist from Central and Latin American nations. Some Data

16. Current Estimates and Projections U.S. Population will be “majority-minority” by about 2050. Largest growth rate among minority populations are “Hispanic origin” Remember, we’re tied to Census definitions here. What will it mean to be a “minority” in the future? “Minority” status becoming more and more awkward in some local settings.

18. Population Estimates: US Census Bureau

19. More Clips for Thought Anti-McCain Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs6wwg_ie6Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs6wwg_ie6Y Anti-McCain Attack Ad Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmhaypWwF PY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmhaypWwF PY Ron Paul: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T- iJKwskH4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T- iJKwskH4 Rudy Giuliani Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsHe8zg9o4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsHe8zg9o4 Bi-Partisan Attack Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw85f5fYGY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw85f5fYGY

20. Percent Distribution of Hispanics by Type: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

21. Hispanic Population by Type: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

22. Nativity by Type of Hispanic Origin: 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

23. Percent Hispanic by Region : 2006 Source: Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2006

24. Clips for Thought Humorous Clip (not meaning to pick on the President!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBskbZ 9Pl6Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBskbZ 9Pl6A Manassas Controversy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rnC9 UZhV0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9rnC9 UZhV0&feature=related

25. Some Data Let’s take a look at population change: http://www.censusscope.org/us/map_hisp anicpop.htmlhttp://www.censusscope.org/us/map_hisp anicpop.html Occupation Characteristics (Pew Report) http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/59.pdf Another site (NDN; has a political agenda) http://www.ndn.org/hispanic/hispanics- rising.pdfhttp://www.ndn.org/hispanic/hispanics- rising.pdf

26. Subgroups Mexican (by far, the dominant Latino group) 65.5 percent of Latino population. Geographically settled in California and Southwest but moving upward and eastward. Puerto Rican (8.6 percent) Geographically located primarily in east, particularly NYC/East Coast cities Central and South American Origin on the rise. Settling in the South.

27. “Factoids” about the Mexican Population 70 Percent of Californian Mexican Population are U.S. Citizens http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7371775 ?nclick_check=1http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7371775 ?nclick_check=1 Implications? Mobilization? Some demographics of the group. The following is from “Immigration From Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States” by Steven A. Camarota Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/mexico/toc.html

28. Data from Center for Imm. Studies

29. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: Education

30. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: Labor

31. Data from Center for Imm. Studies: SES