United Against Latinx/a/o Hate
At least one in five Latinos say they or a family member have been treated unfairly by the courts or unfairly stopped or treated by the police because they are Latino. Non-immigrant Latinos are nearly twice as likely as immigrant Latinos to report that they or a family member have been stopped or unfairly treated by the police because they are Latino.
As it relates to interpersonal discrimination, a third or more of Latinos say they have personally experienced racial or ethnic slurs and people making insensitive or offensive comments or negative assumptions about their race or ethnicity.
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The resources below serve as a jumping-off point as we continue the work to end anti-Latinx/a/o hate.
Resources Against Anti-Latinx/a/o Hate
​Library of Congress: A Latinx Resource Guide: Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States
The first of its kind, this comprehensive online compendium of Civil Rights resources includes references to search and seizure, legal representation, self-incrimination, immigration, medical care, and equal access to educational resources. Since civil rights events are ongoing in Latinx communities, these references aim to connect the past with the present.
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Two studies supported by the National Institute of Justice concluded that impacts of bias victimization, including hate crimes, harassment, threats, and other types of victimization, are wide-ranging across Latino populations. The research pointed to a greater impact of bias victimization than other types of victimization on victims’ mental health.
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NPR: Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Latinos
Discrimination is a prominent and critically important matter in American life and throughout American history. While many surveys have explored Americans’ beliefs about discrimination, this survey asks people about their own personal experiences with discrimination.
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Colorism is a form of discrimination based on skin color, usually, though not always, favoring lighter skin color over darker skin color within a racial or ethnic group. While it can be tied to racism, it is not necessarily the same. A majority of Hispanic adults say having a darker skin color hurts Hispanics’ ability to get ahead in the United States today at least a little.
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Salud America: The Shocking Rise in Anti-Latino Hate Crimes
In 2016, there were 344 incidents of anti-Latino hate crimes. In 2018, there were 485. This is about a 41% increase in just a few years.
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UnidosUS: Civil rights and racial equity
Racism is so embedded into our systems that it isn’t always so easy to see, and it gives Latinos a separate and unequal experience in the United States. At the same time, the Latino perspective has gone largely missing from ongoing public discussions on civil rights and racial equity.
We believe that the hard and necessary work to undo centuries of discrimination, deep racism, and the culture of white supremacy will require reconciliation, unity, leadership, and action by all Americans.
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UnidosUS: Housing and financial empowerment
Latinos have contributed to America’s economy for generations, yet experienced disproportionate harm to both their lives and livelihoods as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby worsening preexisting disparities in income and wealth. Good policies can unleash the power of our communities and benefit all Americans.
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Washington Post: A history of anti-Hispanic bigotry in the United States
Now and then, the animus bubbles up. But bigotry against Hispanics has been an American constant since the Founding Fathers.