Jose told us he had frequently taken groups of Latinos on cruises, and they were frustrated at the near absence of salsa or merengue in the dance program.
But, as the Washington Post has pointed out, that may not necessarily translate to similar numbers in 2016; in 1998, the Hispanic electorate in Florida was largely Cuban, a bloc that tends to vote Republican, whereas a national primary would call upon much wider and more diverse groups of Latinos.
And though this issues that individual groups of Latinos might be different – from Cuba policy to the financial crisis on Puerto Rico, and from immigration enforcement to raising the minimum wage – they all eventually find themselves bound together by their daily experiences.
As of roughly 1968, African Americans as a people were at last American citizens, if barely, and the other subject peoples inside the U.S. also finally gained their rights, whether Native Americans, various groups of Latinos, or Asian Americans.
For example, near the base of the "Rocket Thrower" statue, along the line of reflecting pools emanating out from the Unisphere, groups of Latino men race their high-performance miniature cars by remote control, making for a full-on smack-up derby that attracts many spectators and has its own pit crews.
Ellroy shows that in precisely the same spirit of cruelty, resentment and boredom, Brown demonstrates to this younger colleague how to intimidate groups of Latino guys huddled on street corners by driving straight at them, siren blaring – and then notice where they are running.
This made for some very awkward situations during my early years in the military, when I gravitated to groups of Latino troops and could not understand half of their very "folkloric" conversations.
"Participants understand the importance of voting, but candidates and parties do not communicate a clear agenda to Latinos," Matt Baretto, a co-founder of Latino Decisions, wrote in a memo describing the results of the poll and focus groups of Latino voters.
Which group of Latinos prefers Spanish, and which group prefers English?
Look for terms that are familiar to the largest group of Latinos you can reach and use those.
