A Latino Professor at Harvard Law? ¡Si Se Puede!

The chant of change is all around us. For years, Latino (as used here, meaning men and women with ancestry from Spanish-speaking countries and residing permanently in the United States) students and alumni have lobbied for a Latino professor at Harvard Law School. They have longed for a professor who self-identifies as Latino, has first-hand knowledge of Latino life in the United States, and who openly supports the struggle for equality of the Latino community in this country. There are persons from all over the world who would self-identify or be identified by others with the ethnic Latino description.

But being Latino in the United States takes on a different meaning. It is about culture, ethnicity, life experiences, national origin, and self-identification. There is also the visual identification made by others based on the stereotypical “brown” Latino. The reality is that the “Latino label” in the United States includes persons of all races and many mixtures thereof. “*

*From: http://media.www.hlrecord.org
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