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Huevos is not a politically correct articulation of the plight of Latino
men in this era of so called gender equity and diversity. The author
contends that while White women have made progress, Latinos,
particularly Mexican men, have been entirely ignored; they have become
the epitome of the poor working class. Ambitious and upward mobile
Latinas often look down upon Latinos, and particularly Mexican males'
lackluster economic success preferring other males. Latino males have
been left out of any gender or racial discussion, yet suffer the highest
work related death rates, lowest college attendance and graduation
rates, high incarceration rates, the highest poverty even though they
have the highest labor participation rates. The Latino male have become
the Sisyphus's of America condemned to low wages by globalization, to
ignorance by mediocre, highly-unionized schools, and destined to be
marginalized of any equity-political-solution. The progress of White
women has maintained White power by driving the diversity dialog,
praxis, and remedy away from Latino males-the working, and uneducated
poor. As Latino men have been relegated to a caste style social gender
structure-the hard working indigent-Latinas have been blinded into
believing that feminism and Chicanisma are positive, weakening Latino
traditional social fabric and support system, while simultaneously
ignoring the societal divide distressing Latinos, and especially Mexican
males. "Huevos! Ya era hora! In an era of such political correctness,
the timing couldn't be better. Once again Julian Camacho tackles the
issues that are relevant in this truly academic discipline of Latino
Studies." John J. Morales Jr. Chair and Professor of Chicano Studies,
L.A. Mission College "Julian Camacho's work is thought provoking and it
is bound to create deep conversations and debate. Thank you for
addressing the real challenges Mexican man face everyday in US society."
Marcos Ramos, College of Letters and Science. University of California,
Berkeley "An exciting and enthralling design to educate the body and
stimulate the mind. Destined to be one of the most discussed books in
2007!" Oscar Barajas, Author of soon to be realized book "Tales From The
Wireless Clothesline"
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