03096cam a22003253 4500 117259 117259 FRBNF468507900000000 BJBSDDR 20230411090831.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 221012s2021 nju||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780691199467 0691199469 OCoLC1231708657 eng BJBSDDR eng 100 E 184 R696f 2021 305.868 Rodríguez-Muñiz, Michael. 25538 Figures of the future : Latino civil rights and the politics of demographic change / Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021 xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Section I. Past. Demographic futures past ; Strength in numbers Section II. Future. A new American reality ; Awakening a giant ; Dreams deferred Section III. Present. Reaction and reversal An in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using ethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the present. For years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation--one that will purportedly change the "face" of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, Figures of the Future explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups. Based on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this book investigates how several of the most prominent of these organizations--including UnidosUS (formerly NCLR), the League of United Latin American Citizens, and Voto Latino--have mobilized demographic data about the Latino population in dogged pursuit of political recognition and influence. In census promotions, get-out-the-vote campaigns, and policy advocacy, this knowledge has been infused with meaning, variously serving as future-oriented sources of inspiration, emblems for identification, and weapons for contestation. At the same time, Rodríguez-Muñiz considers why these political actors have struggled to translate this demographic growth into tangible political gain and how concerns about white backlash have affected how they forecast demographic futures. Figures of the Future looks closely at the politics surrounding ethnoracial demographic changes and their rising influence in U.S. public debate and discourse. 186 Derechos civiles Estados Unidos 15209 Hispanoamericanos Política y gobierno 15210 Hispanoamericanos Condiciones sociales 2021-261252 O lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2022-10-12 0 100 E 184 R696f 2021 00000163764 2022-10-12 00:00:00 1 2022-10-12 BK