Your work will be graded based on content, use of sources, thesis development, and flow (grammar and structure).
The paper will be about how Latino Muslims face oppression with their Latino identity and Muslim identity. you can add any other information you like.
please use these sources ( you can add more sources if you like)
Estrin, J. (2011, January 8). Adding Islam to a Latino Identity. Lens Blog. https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/adding-islam-to-a-latino-identity/
This is a new york times article is by a freelance photographer that concentrates on Islamic communities in the United States. Eirini Vourloumis highlights and answers some of the main questions revolving around Islam and Latino identity.
SpearIt. (2013, February 11). Raza Islamica: Prisons, Hip Hop & Converting Converts. Papers.ssrn.com. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1652121
This article talks about the growing imprisonment and the hip-hop culture among the black and Latino communities and how that arrives at the mainstream of Islam. This article highlights how Islam has a great impact on Latino Muslims lives. There is also a saying that Islam is the fastest growing religion behind bars
Espinosa, G., Morales, H., & Galvan, J. (2017). Latino Muslims in the United States Reversion, Politics, and Islamidad. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, 8(1). http://www.troyspier.com/assets/files/bibliographies/islam/morales_latino_muslims_usa.pdf
This peer-reviewed talks about the Latino Muslim religious identity, spiritual, moral, social, and ethical views, and social, civic, and political attitudes. It has survey data done on 565 Muslim Lation across the nation.
Blakemore, E. (2018, August 29). The Brutal History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/the-brutal-history-of-anti-latino-discrimination-in-america
This article by Erin Blakemore highlights the dicriminations of Latinos through out the years in America. This article is important in my research because It gives me a better understanding of the oppression Latino Americans went through and how developing a new identity can make them a dubble minority group.
VICE. (2019). Why Latinos Are Converting to Islam. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOdu-lXCPFI
This VICE docmentry interviews Latino converts and their struggle after converting to Islam. These are authentic voices that will be helpfull in my research.Many latino familes disowned their sons/daughters just becaue they converted to Islam using the tragic event on September 11,2001 as an excuse to why Islam is bad.
