Is Race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia , Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what color you are depends largely on your social context.
Ultimately, The Latinos of Asia offers a window into both the racial consciousness of everyday people and the changing racial landscape of American society..
Amplifying their voices, Ocampo illustrates how second-generation Filipino Americans\' racial identities change depending on the communities they grow up in, the schools they attend, and the people they befriend.
The Filipino story demonstrates how immigration is changing the way people negotiate race, particularly in cities like Los Angeles where Latinos and Asians now constitute a collective majority.
Thus, Filipinos\' color--their sense of connection with other racial groups--changes depending on their social context.
But the legacy of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines means that they share many cultural characteristics with Latinos, such as last names, religion, and language.
Census as Asian.
Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the U.
S.
Is Race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia , Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what color you are depends largely on your social context
