According to The 2022 LDC U.S. Latino GDP Report, if Latinos in the United States were an independent economy by themselves, they would be the fifth largest economy in the world with a GDP of $2.8 trillion and large then the GDP of countries like France, England, India Brazil, Russia or Canada.

I write this preface near the end of 2020, a turbulent year in which the lack of basic access to amenities, fair treatment and even safety for some have only just been understood by those that do not experience it on a daily basis. There has been a marked shift as of spring this year in how we talk about diversity, in particular the language that is acceptable to use if we are serious about equal access and justice for all.

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