Americas most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. From the 31st annual miami book father, this is about 15 minutes book fair, this is about 15 minutes. Host well, were out on the street in windy miami. Joining us now is gary segura who is a professor at stanford and the coauthor of this book Latino America how americas most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation. Professor segura how do you define latino . Guest well, largely we let latinos define themselves. The sort of government definition of hispanic is anyone who identifies as a descendant of immigrants or an immigrant from a latin or spanishspeaking nation. Some folks would include spain in that some folks would include portuguese speakers in that. But for the purposes of our surveys, we asked people if they think of themselves that way either as latino or hispanic. From lattin american connections. The book is based on the work a polling firm that focuses on latino
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