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Learning ObjectivesAfter reading Chapter 7, students should be able to:
| 1. Apply the theoretical model developed in Chapter 2 to Analyze the dynamics of discrimination against Latinos. |
| 2. Distinguish between the different ethnic subpopulations that are subsumed under the label "Latino." |
| 3. Discuss the differences in discrimination experienced by Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central Americans in American society. |
| 4. Examine the differences between these different groups in terms of the theoretically generated categories Discussed in Chapter 2: resource shares; identifiability; negative beliefs and stereotypes; and patterns of economic, political, educational, and housing discrimination. |
| 5. Explain how capitalism generates the dynamics that produce cheap ethnic labor. |
| 6. Understand why the experience of Cuban Americans has differed from that of Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. |
| 7. Analyze how the stereotypes of Latinos and Latinas are racialized and gendered. |
| 8. Discuss how law enforcement agencies have been the instruments of oppression and how they have been used to regulate the boundaries that Define American national identity. |
| 9. Explain why it has been difficult for Latinos to organize themselves politically. |
| 10. Examine the various forms of collective action Latinos have taken and the relative efficacy in gaining more resource shares. |
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