Faced with harsh election rhetoric, Muslims and Latinos break bread in Orange County
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Faced with harsh election rhetoric, Muslims and Latinos break bread in Orange County
- June 26, 2016
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science professor, on how discrimination brings groups together, courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2016
Louis DeSipio, a political science professor at UC Irvine specializing in ethnic politics, said different ethnic and racial groups have long banded together at times when they feel discriminated against by the government, society or both. … “This is something that goes back decades for people who feel excluded or who realize that shared interests can create something more meaningful,” DeSipio said. “Would they have been as successful working individually? Probably not.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-arab-latino-adv-20160609-snap-story.html.
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