Citizenship and Belonging: The Construction of US Latino Identity Today
Journal: Americanae (AECID Library)
Year: 2014

Thus, while my aim in this essay is to discuss the impact of Latinos on the changing meanings of citizenship, this essay also serves as a reflection on the issue of “who is actually changing what?” in US society. I first look at the controversial history and ambiguous “placement” of Latinos as U.S. citizens and residents in the context of racialized labeling and profiling in U.S. society; I then explore the peculiar changes–a kind of facelift–which ethnicity has undergone under the new condition