LPA: Midterm Exam Questions And Answers

Community building - ️️Latino Identity: ---Common language, interrelated traditions and values, similar experiences (discrimination, minority status, SES status=unequal opportunities) ------------ Common identity but different: ---Puerto Ricans: naturalized citizens ---Cubans: refugees ---Central Americans: economic migrants ------------ Latino Consciousness: ---Ideological - interrelatedness among other Latinx subgroups ---Pragmatic - wanting to expand Latinx community Panethnicity, positive affinity, Latino vs. Hispanic Group consciousness - ️️Meaning: The cognitive elements of group attachment; a person incorporates group identity(ies) as part of his or her social identity. The idea of finding cultural affinity (a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something) and attaching to it. Individuals with group consciousness have positive affinity for being Latino (they assess their group as experiencing lower levels of SES & political status & opportunities; inclined to participate; ex. - Mexican immigrant who identifies as 'Mexican' and 'Latinx') Main components: ---Group identification as a Latinx ---An assessment of Latinx's group status in American society ---Orientation toward collective action on behalf of the Latinx community ------------ Having coexisting identities that affect our daily lives and situations.