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Gonzalez, Juan Carlos; Portillos, Edwardo L. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2007
At 40.4 million strong (14% of the U.S. population; U.S. Bureau of the Census 2005), Latinas/os are the largest and fastest growing U.S. ethnic minority group. In the last 15 years, since the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Anglo perceptions that the Latina/o population is too large, growing too fast, and too illegal have both continued and perpetuated…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, Criminal Law, Minority Groups