What is Immigration Policy?
Immigration policy governs the process of entering a country, while immigrant policy affects those already living there
How many Credits is Latinx Studies?
4 credits
What room number are you in?
Room 3204
What is the title of our presentation?
Latinx and American Politics!
Why did you choose to take Latinx Studies?
Any answer is correct! :D
What is your professors name?
Ulysses Acevedo
What is it called when you can speak 2 languages
Bilingual
Although Puertoricans are U.S. citizens are they able to vote for the U.S. president?
No
What is Latinx?
“Its part of a linguistic revolution”
○ Move beyond gender binaries
○ Inclusive of intersectional identities
○ Race: Indigenous, African, European, Asian
○ Gender: trans, queer, agender, non-binary,
gender non-conforming, gender fluid.
What is one example of Transnational Political Identity?
Puerto Rican advocacy
Indigenous Latinx migrants (MICOP)
United Farm Workers (UFW)
Who founded the United Farm Workers ?
Cesar Chavez
What does Jotería Studies talk about?
Jotería Studies talks about how queer and trans Latinx people face discrimination (racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.), making sexuality and gender identity important political issues.
What is the most common language among Latinx?
Spanish
Why was the United Farm Workers created ?
To organize labor rights and win recognition of poor working conditions
What percent do Latinx people hold of all local and federal elected officials?
1%
Gonzalez highlights how terms like “illegal alien” function as political tools — language that...
dehumanizes immigrants and shifts the focus away from the U.S.’s imperial and economic role in creating migration patterns.
In the late 1960’s there was a “Chicano Movement” to...
...redefine Chicano identity and advocate for rights in education, housing, and healthcare
economic policies are usually made by those with power, such as...
...governments and employers
In his book Harvest of Empire, Juan Gonzalez says that U.S. political messaging has long made Latin American countries seem unstable or dependent. This made the U.S. involvement seem what?
This made U.S. involvement seem reasonable and has affected how Latinx immigrants are seen in the U.S.
Politicians and the media often use stereotypes about Latinx people like...
...calling them criminals, illegal, or overly sexualized
What year did Sonia Sotomayor become the first Latinx supreme court justice?
2009
What does Harvest of Empire show about Latinx voters?
Harvest of Empire shows that Latinx voters' choices are affected by their past experiences of being moved, being discriminated against, and being active in politics.
What year did Romualdo Pacheco become the first Mexican-American governor of California?
1875
What did Labor and Immigrant Movements include?
United Farm Workers and the Immigrant Rights Movements
What does Intersectionality show?
Intersectionality shows how someone’s race, gender, sexuality, class, and immigration status can affect their political experiences and access to power.