Empowered!: Latinos Transforming Arizona Politics
Lisa Magaña, "Empowered!: Latinos Transforming Arizona Politics"
English | ISBN: 0816542244 | 2021 | 168 pages | EPUB | 1495 KB
English | ISBN: 0816542244 | 2021 | 168 pages | EPUB | 1495 KB
Empowered!examines Arizona’s recent political history and how it has been shaped and propelled by Latinos. It also provides a distilled reflection of U.S. politics more broadly, where the politics of exclusion and the desire for inclusion are forces of change.
Lisa Magaña and César S. Silva argue that the state of Arizona is more inclusive and progressive then it has ever been. Following in the footsteps of grassroots organizers in California and the southeastern states, Latinos in Arizona have struggled and succeeded to alter the anti-immigrant and racist policies that have been affecting Latinos in the state for many years. Draconian immigration policies have plagued Arizona’s political history. Empowered! shows innovative ways that Latinos have fought these policies.
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