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In this special episode, on the week after the Inauguration, Juleyka speaks with political scientist Geraldo Cadava, author of The Hispanic Republican, who helps us unpack the complex political identities of Latinos in the U.S. And, he offers insight into how and why we should engage with loved ones with whom we disagree politically.
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Geraldo L. Cadava (Ph.D., Yale University, 2008) is a historian of the United States and Latin America. He focuses on Latinos in the United States and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, he came to Northwestern after finishing degrees at Yale University (Ph.D., 2008) and Dartmouth College (B.A., 2000). Cadava teaches courses on Latinx History, the American West, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, migration to and from Latin America, and other topics in U.S. History, including Watergate, the 2016 election, and the musical Hamilton. His new book is “The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, From Nixon to Trump” (Ecco, May 2020). In The Hispanic Republican, Professor Cadava seeks to answer questions such as “Why have Hispanics continued to support the Republican Party, even President Trump’s Republican Party?” “How has the Republican Party built a Hispanic base to withstand attacks by leaders who devalue them?” Learn more about his researchh and writing here.
If you loved this episode, be sure to listen to A Historical Wound He's Trying to Understand and Dad Denies Systemic Racism.
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