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"Seeing More than Black and White: Latinos, Racism, and the Cultural Divide," Elizabeth Martinez
Elizabeth Martinez contends that Latinos, among other racial and ethnic groups, have been largely ignored in the discussion of racism in the United States. She argues that the growing population of these groups, along with the increased awareness of their similar experiences, requires a broadening of the historically dichotomous view of race as Black and White. The denial of the Latino experience reflects the conflicting perception of Latinos by dominant society; they are viewed as invisible and a threat at the same time. The invisibility of Latinos is reflected in either the denial of their presence or in a one-dimensional view of Latinos based largely on stereotypes. When the presence of Latinos is recognized, it is often within the context of jeopardizing the dominant or other minority groups' position. Martinez argues that the removal of Latinos from the discussion of race has resulted not only in a denial of their experience as a group targeted by racism, but it has prevented the acknowledgement of the similarity in their and other people of color's treatment thereby preventing unity in their shared struggle against racism.
Martinez believes the oppressed have survived by:
a. becoming friendly toward the oppressor.
b. becoming experts on the oppressor's ways.
c. becoming more similar in behavior to the oppressor.
d. becoming less available to the oppressor.

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