-- from The National Council of La Raza:

Latino* youth are living in a divisive and anxiety-inducing environment produced by growing antagonism toward immigrants and the hostile national debate surrounding Arizona SB 1070,† which legitimizes the use of racial profiling. Federal inaction on comprehensive immigration reform has opened the door wide to a barrage of state and local measures that target immigrants, generating anti-immigrant and anti-Latino sentiment. As a result, many Latinos, whether they are recent immigrants or third-generation citizens of the United States, are feeling under attack. This is particularly true for Latino youth, who are the least likely to be immigrants. The overwhelmingly majority of Latino youth—92%—are U.S. citizens.

In July 2010, researchers at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) held a forum with 150 youth attending a national leadership development program, the Líderes Summit, at the 2010 NCLR Annual Conference to talk about their experiences with discrimination and stereotyping. The youth present at the forum represented 20 states and ranged in age from 14 to 25. By a show of
hands, the majority were second-generation college students. The session was designed to solicit feedback for an upcoming NCLR research report on Latino youth’s perceptions of how they are viewed by others.

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