My main topic is an examination of the role that Latina’s play in politics. My question is why aren’t they more influential in the political parties more because their numbers, education, and influence are increasing considerably. I will summarize, analyze, interpret, synthesize, and critique the article: “Latino Gender and Generation Gaps in Political Ideology, written by Dr. Christina E. Bejarano, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Kansas.
Summarize
In this article, Bejarano discusses the growing political capital available to Latino(a) voters. While noting that this groups participation in the political process is lower relative to proportion in population than it should be, it is in fact growing, at least partly …show more content…
There are many charts and graphs as well that help disseminate the information in as broad a way as possible considering the academic nature and structure of this article. Bejarano succeeds in utilizing Ethos as an appeal in the depth and variety of research based information. There is little room to question the veracity of her cited works as they are well respected sources from academia, the political realm, and significant industry journals. Logos is used as she builds arguments from her research. It is a reasonable conclusion that as the Latina population increases in number and amount of education, that they will gradually disassociate with their native experiences and assimilate into a culture that more promotes free-will and thought from the female population. It follows therefore, that the political parties would seek to adopt policies and platforms that would engender them together with this newfound political clout. Due to the academic nature of this article as well as the source material being derived so heavily from surveys, there is not a lot of appeal from an Ethos point of view. Certainly, if the reader is female, Latina, and understands the ramifications; there is great cause to become emotionally involved in the
Summarize
In this article, Bejarano discusses the growing political capital available to Latino(a) voters. While noting that this groups participation in the political process is lower relative to proportion in population than it should be, it is in fact growing, at least partly …show more content…
There are many charts and graphs as well that help disseminate the information in as broad a way as possible considering the academic nature and structure of this article. Bejarano succeeds in utilizing Ethos as an appeal in the depth and variety of research based information. There is little room to question the veracity of her cited works as they are well respected sources from academia, the political realm, and significant industry journals. Logos is used as she builds arguments from her research. It is a reasonable conclusion that as the Latina population increases in number and amount of education, that they will gradually disassociate with their native experiences and assimilate into a culture that more promotes free-will and thought from the female population. It follows therefore, that the political parties would seek to adopt policies and platforms that would engender them together with this newfound political clout. Due to the academic nature of this article as well as the source material being derived so heavily from surveys, there is not a lot of appeal from an Ethos point of view. Certainly, if the reader is female, Latina, and understands the ramifications; there is great cause to become emotionally involved in the