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A Race for the Future: How Conservatives Can Break the Liberal Monopoly on Hispanic Americans Hardcover – September 2, 2014

by Mike Gonzalez (Author)

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A landmark work examining the impact of Hispanic immigration on American politics, with a blueprint for what conservatives must do to recapture the American electorate.

Since 1965, millions of people have come tothis country from Latin America and the Caribbean, seeking freedom and the chance to make a better life. Now accounting for more than 16 percent of the population, Hispanics have emerged as a decisive voting bloc that overwhelmingly skews liberal as they influence pivotal electoral races. But it doesn’t have to be that way forever.

In A Race for the Future, Mike Gonzalez describes what the term Hispanic means, correcting the erroneous assumption that it is a homogenous group and presenting an un- varnished look at the challenges each nationality—Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and many others—faces in America.

Despite their growing political power, Hispanics have largely been kept separate from mainstream America, and many of them are consigned to an underclass status. A Race for the Future reveals exactly how bureaucratic decisions that encourage public assistance and discourage assimilation hinder Hispanics and allow them to be politically monopolized by progressives.

Gonzalez shows how conservatives can begin to reverse this damaging trajectory by supporting policies that would help Hispanics thrive—education choice, family values, and financial freedom.

By returning to their core values of community, industry, and independence, conservatives can actively court the vital Hispanic vote. The fate of too many key battleground states, from Texas to Florida—analyzed in depth here—depends on the Right’s ability to successfully do just that.

A powerful take on a rapidly changing and diverse community, A Race for the Future is a much-needed course correction on how our country can successfully enable Hispanics to flourish while standing firm on our principles.

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288 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Crown Forum
Publication date

September 2, 2014
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6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches
ISBN-10

080413765X
ISBN-13

978-0804137652
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“[Gonzalez’s] detailed insight gives helpful context looking ahead toward broader messaging to America’s fastest-growing ethnic groups.” -Forbes

"Fascinating to the point of eye-popping. Michael Gonzalez delivers a conservative battle cry for Latinos and Hispanics to avoid those racial labels and speed their climb to the top of American life. -Juan Williams, Fox News contributor and author of Muzzled

"The best researched and well-written book I've read on Hispanic Americans. It will break your heart to read how misguided federal policies have diminished the opportunities, hopes and dreams for too many hard working and industrious immigrants. The door is wide open for conservatives to show how our ideas will give all Americans a better life, and A RACE FOR THE FUTURE will cheer your soul with its common sense solutions." –Jim DeMint, president of The Heritage Foundation and former U.S. Senator

"This book is long overdue and should be required reading for every conservative running for office in America. Demographics are shifting, but principles don't have to change. We just have to adjust our tone and manner to get across. Gonzalez's analysis of the different Hispanic ethnicities is excellent and deserves further analysis from those who care about the future of the Right." -Luis G. Fortuño, former governor of Puerto Rico

“Explodes the myth that demographic change dooms the prospects of the conservative movement. Gonzalez convincingly argues that the growing Hispanic population is fertile ground for conservative ideas about family, faith, tradition, work and individual responsibility, and he offers a blueprint for conservatives for expanding their base. Indeed, anyone interested in the future of America should read this book.” –Linda Chavez, syndicated columnist, president of The Becoming American Institute

About the Author

Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, spent close to twenty years as a journalist, fifteen of them reporting from Europe and Asia. He left journalism to join the administration of President George W. Bush, first at the Securities and Exchange Commission and then at the State Department. He was born in Cuba in 1960 and holds a bachelor’s degree from Emerson College and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He and his Scottish-born wife, Siobhan, live in Bethesda, Maryland, with their three children.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crown Forum (September 2, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 080413765X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804137652
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.06 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,380,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,904 in Hispanic American Demographic Studies
- #3,509 in Elections
- #5,082 in Political Commentary & Opinion

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Robert V. Rose, retired education researcher

A most important book to explain the Hispanic situation.

Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2014

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This is a fantastically valuable book for understanding the Hispanic mindset, the way the group has been handled politically, and what Republicans can do to win the valuable votes of the rapidly expanding demographic.

I am 76 years old, and learned to speak Spanish as a teenager. It is true that in those days, the word "hispanic" was not in use. In 1964 and 1965, as the author explains, important things happened to open the flood that ensued from the south.

Mike Gonzalez correctly points out that improvement in American education is the important element of future Hispanic success.

The leftist bent to the current teaching establishment prevents the improvement of our inner-city schools. Marilyn Jager Adams, in her new book, "ABC Foundations For Young Children", points out that most American students finishing first-grade still can't name and write all of the alphabet letters, a disaster holding back our schools, especially for poor minorities.

The blob is successfully blocking this important message, for stupid political reasons, and there are only a few glimmers of hope now visible. Hispanic parents have been traditionally too repectful of schools and teachers to demand improvement on this important issue, and are less likely to teach their kids to write before school.

Only time will tell whether this battle will be won by truth, or by the misguided followers of John Dewey.

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SLF

Very helpful perspective

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2014

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I enjoyed this book as much for its historical background of the problem as for the suggestions for change. Mr. Gonzalez seems well versed from a personal perspective as well as research into the causes of our current immigration problem. I think his suggestions are worthy of merit but as usual will be difficult to implement. However this does not negate the importance of trying to accomplish this and I think his suggestions are worthwhile. His concepts of human, social, and financial capital are well thought out and pertinent. The twin pillars of education and family morals are also right on target. This is a very worthwhile read.

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Nannaofnine

Excellent primer on the people we call "Hispanics" in America

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2016

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Should be required reading for policymakers, government officials, teachers, church and community leaders, and all those who worry about the future of America, the American dream, and the American way of life. Mr. Gonzalez, an immigrant as a child, does a superb job of explaining the great disservice our federal bureaucrats and politicians have done to immigrants from Latin cultures by lumping them into a manufactured "minority" group with the bureaucratically created label of "Hispanic." As he so carefully explains, people from Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Salvador, etc., are quite different in culture, values, aspirations, and needs. The damage that has been done by our federal bureaucrats and liberals is described in often unsettling detail, backed up by data and surveys. But Mr. Gonzalez, a former journalist, doesn't leave us wringing our hands. He offers wise counsel for how to turn this around, as difficult as that will be. I hope a lot more people -- of any heritage -- stumble on this gem as I did.

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Albert J. Garza

his analysis of the differences between these two cultural segments is the best I've seen

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2014

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Mr. Gonzalez has done a remarkable job in describing the different segments of the Hispanic population in the United States. Not only did I learn some new things, but as a Texas-Mexican with relatives in California, his analysis of the differences between these two cultural segments is the best I've seen. This book should be required reading for anybody who wants to understand the Hispanic electorate.

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Vincent Rodriguez

The first book that explains the difference between "hispanic" immigrants ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2014

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The first book that explains the difference between "hispanic" immigrants which are normally lump together by those trying to create another another dependent class of voters.

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John Buczek

... book underscores the critical importance of functional families and good schools in order to climb the ladder of upward ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014

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This book underscores the critical importance of functional families and good schools in order to climb the ladder of upward mobility. It is a wakeup call especially to Hispanic and African American parents who have aspirations for their children, and it is a clarion call to all Americans to get educated on the issues and to become involved in making our society better for the next generation.

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Alf

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014

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Good concepts...a little light on execution