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Latinos

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Latinos

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Latinos is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between January 21, 2021 and May 01, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “more Latinos (65%) feeling afraid to speak out”; ""People are just as happy to talk about Latinos (and Latinx) as Hispanics."". It most often appears alongside New York Times, NYT, Republicans.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: January 21, 2021
  • Last seen: May 01, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Still Alive
January 21, 2021 · Original source
And: a recent poll found that 62% of people feel afraid to express their political beliefs. This isn't just conservatives - it's also moderates (64%), liberals (52%) and even many strong liberals (42%). This is true even among minority groups, with more Latinos (65%) feeling afraid to speak out than whites (64%), and blacks (49%) close behind. 32% of people worry they would be fired if their political views became generally known, including 28% of Democrats and 38% of Republicans. Poor people and Hispanics were more likely to express this concern than rich people and whites, but people with post-graduate degrees have it worse than any other demographic group.
Inline links: recent poll
Book Review: The Origins Of Woke
May 01, 2024 · Original source
The point about “Hispanics” is better taken, and you can read more about the case here. But since 1964, when Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, and Puerto Ricans were the three equally-sized and equally-interesting groups, the Hispanic community has become dominated by Mexican (and Central American) immigrants, who do form a pretty natural grouping. People are just as happy to talk about Latinos (and Latinx) as Hispanics. I’m not sure we can attribute this one to the government either.
Inline links: you can read more about the case here
As for Arabs, they seem to have plenty of organization and activism, eg CAIR; if this is less prominent than eg Asians or Latinos, it’s probably because Arabs are about 0.5% of the US population, compared to Asians’ 5% and Latinos’ 20%.