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Pepón Osorio was one of many Latinx artists who began their career exhibiting in museums like El Museo del Barrio. Credit Librado Romero/The New York Times

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On Monday, Congress authorized the creation of a Latino museum as part of a $2.3-trillion year-end spending bill. This is long overdue. For decades, activists have been fighting to establish a Latino museum on the Washington Mall. Its creation is essential to documenting the community’s contribution and to the education and future of all Americans.

And yet, some have questioned whether Latinx people, the United States’ largest “minority”, really need a new museum of their own, arguing that museums that collect or exhibit objects related to a particular ethnic or cultural group are divisive. Indeed, earlier this month, Senator Mike Lee of Utah blocked bipartisan legislation to establish a national museum dedicated to our stories , citing fears that the museum would “drive wedges among Americans”, and “worsen societal divides”.…  Seguir leyendo »

A man attending an event hosted by the Miami Young Republicans and Latinos for Trump. Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP

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Why did Democrats leave Latino organizations scrambling for resources?

Everyone is talking about Miami-Dade, Florida, where Joe Biden underperformed Hillary Clinton by a large margin. Let’s be clear, however: even if Biden won the county by the same margin as Clinton, he still would have lost the state by over 170,000 votes. Democrats mostly won Latinos in Florida; the demographic we lost was white voters.

The most devastating problem made evident in this election was Democrats’ lack of outreach for races beside the presidential one. Poor and limited outreach around down-ballot campaigns cost us a majority in the Senate and numerous congressional seats.…  Seguir leyendo »