Browsing by Subject "Hispanic Americans"

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    Fear, Gossip, and Rumor: How the Trump Administration Has Affected the Latinx Community in Franklin
    (2020) Cooney-Urrutia, Elisa; Culbertson, Jacob
    My ethnographic research focuses on how rumor and gossip create a toxic atmosphere of suspicion, fear, and even paranoia of the Trump Administration within the Latinx community of Franklin, Pennsylvania. Through an examination of specific case studies, I highlight three areas where the punitive immigration policies of the current administration have caused wide-spread panic among Hispanics, as Trump's use of bureaucratic threats, like ICE raids, to say nothing of deportation, lead inevitably to a flurry of gossip within these tight-knit immigrant circles. I document the clear liminality experienced by Latinx residents in Franklin who find themselves marginalized within the larger community of the town. In this way, Franklin can be seen as a microcosm of what is occurring among the Latinx population across the United States today.
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    Hispanics in the Chicago economy : an analysis of the earnings determination of Chicano and Puerto Rican males
    (2006-11-30T19:07:07Z) Craig, Sandy
    The rapid growth of the Hispanic population in recent years raises many questions about their disadvantaged economic standing in the United States and the differences in economic standing between Hispanic subgroups. In this thesis, I analyze the economic standing of Chicano and Puerto Rican males in Chicago, as defined through earnings. To this end, I examine the historical experiences of both groups in the city before turning to an analysis of their relative economic standing. Using aggregated census tract-level data from 1980 to 2000, the results indicate that earnings determinants are different for the two groups. Consistent with prior economic theory, schooling is important in determining earnings for both Chicano and Puerto Rican males, although the rate of return of schooling is greater for Puerto Ricans than it is for Chicanos. The different effects of English proficiency on the earnings of Chicano and Puerto Ricans are particularly puzzling. I argue that differences in the determination of earnings account for some, but not all, of the earnings disparity between the two groups. In combination with an examination of the historical conditions of each group, however, the economic analysis of earnings determination presented in this thesis is important for understanding the earnings disparity between Chicano and Puerto Rican males in Chicago and their relative economic standing in the city.