Out Of The Barrio Toward A New Politics Of

Are Hispanics "making it"achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panicsfast becoming the nation's largest minorityare a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.

Linda Chavez, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, is president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. She writes frequently for such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and USA Today and is the author of Out of the Barrio, An Unlikely Conservative, and Betrayal. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia.

Preface to the Paperback Edition

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

1

(8)

The Bilingual Battleground

9

(30)

Hispanics and the Voting Rights Act

39

(22)

The Power Brokers

61

(24)

The Backlash

85

(16)

An Emerging Middle Class

101

(20)

The Immigrants

121

(18)

The Puerto Rican Exception

139

(22)

Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation

161

(12)

Notes

173

(24)

Index

197

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Out Of The Barrio Toward A New Politics Of Hispanic Assimilation

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