Close to 1 in 10 Americans are Latino men: While they’re younger and have a higher participation in the workforce than any other racial group, they’re still catching up.

Summary

Latino men played a key role in Donald Trump’s election victory, with 43-55% supporting him, drawn by promises of economic relief, job opportunities, and small business support.

Despite higher workforce participation, many Latino men face wage gaps, dangerous jobs, and lower educational attainment compared to other groups.

Some prioritize trade skills or entrepreneurship over college, seeking practical returns on investment.

Experts highlight the need for policies addressing economic barriers, job training, and health coverage to sustain their support.

Future voting will depend on whether these voters see tangible progress in achieving the American Dream.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
    18·
    11 days ago

    This article is delivered with the intended response from those who didn’t want Trump being “man, fucking Latino Men, this is their fault.” It’s been weird. Talking about specific groups of people and how they supported trump in surprising numbers.

    The entire article is 84 sentences. There are only 4 sentences that talk about the election, Biden, or Trump.

    I don’t understand the purpose beyond divisiveness.

    I’m not seeing divisiveness in the article. I’m seeing a perspective I don’t have because I’m not Hispanic. I’m interested in knowing the experiences of others, what challenges they face, what they value, and goals they want to accomplish. This article does quite a bit of those things. These are my fellow Americans and my neighbors. We share society and built it together. We rise together and fall together.

    Is it just me or does a lot of this post election coverage seem to seek to divide us further? 🧐

    I think you should do some personal examination as to why you see an entire article talking about the needs and wants of a specific group of people with less than 5% of that article mentioning politics/election, and you came away saying this is an article about election divisiveness.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
      8·
      11 days ago

      Just like with Reddit: it’s about the headline, not the article content. Same article, different headline? It would be a big stretch to argue it is trying to divide us.