About the Book

Out of the Barrio

Out of the Barrio

Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation
Linda Chavez (Author)
November 1992
Trade Paperback · 224 Pages
$17.50 U.S. · $21.00 CAN · £11.99 U.K. · €12.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465054312
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Description

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 panics — fast becoming the nation's largest minority — are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.

About the Author

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.