%0 PDF %T Raced, But Not A Race: A Perspective of Latino Racial Identity %A Pequeno, Justin J. %8 2005-06-20 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/qn59qg077 %X Latinos have become the largest minority group in the United States and their identity has become of great interest to politicians and educators alike. However, the United States racial model leaves Latinos outside, forcing them into racial categories uncharacteristic of their social experiences. This paper examines the space that Latinos occupy in U.S. society and the sociopolitical nature of racial identity. By analyzing both historical and contemporary issues and events in the United States of America, I argue that Latinos are racialized to the same order and degree of Blacks, Whites, Asian Americans, and Native Americans and should thus be viewed as a racial category. %[ 2022-10-07 %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution