Out Of The Barrio Toward A New Politics Of Hispanic Assimilation [Paperback]

Are Hispanics “making it”—achieving the American dream following the pattern of other ethnic groups? This controversial book shatters the myth that 20 million His panics—fast becoming the nation's largest minority—are a permanent underclass. Chavez considers the radical implications for bilingual education, immigration policy, and affirmative action.

Linda Chavez, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute, is president of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit public policy research organization in Washington, D.C. She writes frequently for such publications as theWall Street Journal,Fortune, andUSA Todayand is the author ofOut of the Barrio,An Unlikely Conservative, andBetrayal. She lives in Purcellville, Virginia.