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Black Latinos Are Almost Invisible In The Census. We Can Fix That. - These kinds of inequities among Latinos extend throughout Latin America . Research in various Latin American countries — including Bolivia, Mexico and Colombia — shows that the lightest Latinos achieve the highest educational outcomes, and black Latinos the lowest. The underrepresentation of ...

Black Latinos Are Almost Invisible In The Census. We Can Fix That. -  Scholar Nancy Lopez describes this as ”street race ,” or the race a person is most often taken for when walking down the street. When my dad goes to the hospital or to the bank he is often mistaken for African - American , until he begins to speak Spanish. As a result, his experiences are more like those of ...