Politics: The Politics of Hispanic Identity

VITAL SIGNSrnPOLITICSrnThe Politics ofrnHispanic Identityrnby Joseph E. FallonrnThe federal government officiallyrnrecognizes "Hispanic"—an artificialrnand arbitrary concept devoid of ethnic,rnracial, cultural, or linguistic meaningsrn—as a legitimate collective identityrnfor two reasons. Domestically, it is torncreate a "Hispanic nation" within thernUnited States, to inflate the numericalrnsize of that "nation," and to . . .