Majority Nationalism and the Trump Administration: Implications for Puerto Rico and Latinos.
This article examines how the Trump administration's embrace of ethnic majority nationalism—rooted in white identity and anti-Latino sentiment—shaped its policies toward Puerto Rico and Latino communities more broadly. It argues that Puerto Rico's treatment following Hurricane María in 2017 exemplif...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 156 - 179 |
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