The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" are often used synonymously in the U.S., with the term "Latinx" used as a gender-neutral alternative to the latter. While views on what the terms mean exactly can vary, filmmaker and journalist Andrew Padilla says the significance is not with semantics, ...
Blattel was inspired by the usage of words like "Latinx" and "womxn," which prompted a Google search of the term "bachelorx." They discovered that several others followed the same logic with these events. "Just as you can replace the 'o' or the 'a' in words with an x [like how L...
One potential cause is graduated licensing policies adopted by many states. These policies put restrictions on 16- and 17-year-old drivers, such as not being able to drive with other teenagers in the car, that limit the benefit of having a license. Others cite the growing importance of ...
The decision of where to practice is made by some out of convenience, but others are forced into that option out of financial constraints. Although in-person, donation-based classes exist, what isn’t always apparent to well-intended teachers and studios is that putting one donation-based class...
Verizon Value’s CMO and VP of Marketing, Cheryl Gresham, has admitted that she didn’t know much about marketing to a majority-Latinx audience. In an interview with Campaign Live, she said she didn’t think the idea would have gotten off the ground “if it had just been me and a lot...
These African-Americans, Latinx people, Asian-Americans and indigenous North Americans will be reminded that settling North America is an exclusively white Christian right.
We center the experiences and perspectives of Latinx youth, as we stand to gain insights into how they perceive their schools prepared and impacted their engagement for civic life. We highlight how youth from two distinct schools share similar reflections about their high school experiences and ...
income Asian Americans did not experience the same income gains that other racial groups did between 1970 and 2016. As a result, the disparity between high- and low-income Asian American households is higher than it is between high- and low-income Black, Latinx/Hispanic, and White households....
Poverty is a socioeconomic condition that is the result of multiple factors—not just income. These factors include race, sexual identity, sexual orientation, and access to education, among others. Key Takeaways Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial ...
However, Stewart writes, “contrary to the popular myth, economic mobility in the land of opportunity is not high, and it’s going down.” There’s a concept called intergenerational earnings elasticity (IGE). Essentially, IGE measures the extent to which a child’s income is the product of...