The majority of mental health clinicians are monolingual and white. Even if unbiased assessment techniques are developed, valid psychodiagnosis of Hispanic patients will remain illusory to the extent that clinicians are insensitive to the linguistic and cultural nuances of their clientele. Recommendations for improving clinical practice are…

Many minority scholars have sought answers and skills that directly translate into meaningful resolution to the social injustice and inequality facing their communities. Yet it is these research areas that help keep them in the role of second-class academic citizens. (MLW)

On-site reviews of California school districts suggest inadequate assessment, evaluation, placement, and re-evaluation of limited-English proficient Hispanic students. Sixteen policy considerations concerning such aspects as equal access, screening, multidimensional assessment, testing guidelines, and language competence are discussed. (Author/DB)

To illustrate how various groups of Spanish-Americans differ from one another, the migration histories and the distributional characteristics of the Cuban and Puerto Rican populations living in the United States are compared. (RM)

Although Black and Hispanic congressmen managed to overcome redistricting of urban areas and maintain or increase their seats in the House, demographic trends remain a threat to minority representation. There are two solutions: (1) a break-up of de facto residential segregation, and (2) increased willingness of White majorities to elect minority…

A brief review of the increasing need for library services to Hispanics includes reviews of two useful references. It is pointed out that library schools and the American Library Association can play a crucial role in providing quality library services for the Spanish-speaking, and programs at several library schools are mentioned. (LLS)

Discusses controversy between transitional versus maintenance bilingual education programs in Spanish. Claims policy of static maintenance cannot find support in a view of linguistic competence that considers language development to be complete by adolescence and the same among individuals. Suggests developing students' home language or abandoning…

The article comments on two articles, previously published in the same journal, which address the relationship between the "little" cultural tradition of Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans and the "great" tradition of Hispanic arts and letters. Notes similarities among these groups and calls for the banding together of…

Two journalists discuss political, economic, and social issues which unite Blacks and Hispanics and consider the problems which impede the formation of a formal political coalition between the two groups. Among the common issues identified are police brutality, voter registration, unemployment, health, housing, and the media. (GC)

Early demands for Chicano or Puerto Rican studies mirrored contemporaneous political struggles. Today's Latino studies are framed in a context of the transnational nature of Latino ethnic groups, with the added complexities of feminist, postcolonial, racial, and lesbian/gay theories. (SK)

Combining distinct ethnic groups under one Hispanic rubric blurs important differences. The disparities in migration and demographic histories, in level of investment in human capital, and in labor market experiences among men of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other Spanish-speaking origins are enormous. (JOW)

Reflects on the experience of attending high school in the mid-1940s in New York State. From a white, working-class neighborhood boasting no college graduates and a handful of high school graduates, the author managed to learn about Ibanez, Goya, Murillo, Velazquez, Neruda, Marti, and Azuela. Questions the need to reform "Eurocentric"…

Named as Title I director for the Espanola (New Mexico) School District in the mid-1960s, Gilbert Martinez redirected the early grants from equipment purchases to development of kindergartens, centralized elementary school libraries, and free lunch programs. New Mexico's program improvement mandates stress curriculum integration and evaluation…

The community education program developed in San Antonio, Texas, was designed to work with the Hispanic population. Community educators found nonthreatening ways to bring parents into the school, to get them involved in their children's education, and to encourage them to take classes themselves. (JOW)

Examines Latina/o expressions and ethnic identities in reader letters to "Low Rider Magazine." Argues that articulations of Latina/o identity are complexly expressed as a means of establishing viable subject positions for these subaltern subjects. Concludes that communication scholarship should be cautious and careful in its explorations…