The Latino Generation: Voice Back Summary

Throughout life many can agree on hearing or reading a quote about the importance of the youth and how they will affect the future. The fact is that a large percentage of the U.S. underestimates the influential power of the youth, and decide not to listen to them due to their “lack” of knowledge or experience. Aside from the younger populations, minorities are also some of the most overlooked people in the U.S., especially Latinos/as or those of Latino descent, and as a result the younger Latino population are the most disregarded people of all. However, many attempts are being done for the youth and more specifically the Latino youth to be heard. One person in particular, professor Mario T. Garcia of the university of Santa Barbara California, attempts to have the voice of Latino youth heard on his book titled, “The Latino Generation: …show more content…
In fact the most effective technique of the author were these stories because they are so relatable, that they enable white Americans as well as other ethnic groups to fully understand that Latino/as are also human, and experience struggles and success just like everyone else.
The younger generation from all ethnic groups are truly the hope for the future, holding the key to understating how people used to think, currently think, and how they could think. Mario T. Garcia definitely recognizes the potential young Latino people hold, and supports his ideas through the book “The Latino Generation”. The United States is constantly evolving and becoming more diverse, however, it is books like these, which use the accounts of young people, the ones to help educate people that no matter what others ethnic background, culture, or religion is, they are still human and should be treated as