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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
The Latin American population faced many challenges, as many came into the US poor and desperate, but Latino populations soared starting in the 70s, where they had a much more accepting society and had way more individual rights than African Americans did at the end of slavery, and faced fewer of the complicating factors, or to lesser degrees than all of the freed slaves.
My theory, no clue how much water it holds.
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That is probably the major factor. It's probably also worth mentioning that there are parts of the U.S., namely California and Texas, that are as much a Latino homeland as Mexico. The border that divides them is strictly political and not based on ethnic divisions. Latinos have historically been able to draw on cultural, political and even sometimes economic support from south of the border. There was a natural homegrown powerbase for many Latino communities. African Americans were segregated, largely landless and with little or no outside support.