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PRLS 4510 Emerging Realities and Alternatives for Puerto Ricans and Other Latinxs in the U.S (Ortíz-Minaya): Home

Course Description

Impact of Latin@ demographic, political, and cultural trends. Education, economic disparities, political empowerment, and on-going challenges to Latin@s. Identity, citizenship, cultural production, Latinidad, and Latinization.

Professor

Professor Reynaldo Ortiz-MinayaReynaldo Ortiz-Minaya, Ph.D.

r.ortiz-minaya@brooklyn.cuny.edu

718-951-5561 Ext. 3605

Office: 1208B Boylan Hall

 

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Creative Commons LicenseUnless otherwise noted, PRLS 4510 Emerging Realities and Alternatives for Puerto Ricans and Other Latinx in the U.S. was curated by Professor Reynaldo Ortiz-Minaya, Ph.D in 2018 and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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