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Assignment:

Stokes-Brown (2014) conducts a novel and nuanced study that explores the variety of ways that Latinos may racially self-identify in the U.S. and how such self-identification may affect their policy attitudes. What are some of the various and key ways she finds that Latinos racially self-identity? Based on her findings, what are the implications about the way surveys are conducted (in other words, are surveys typically equipped to sufficiently and effectively capture variation in racial self-identity)? Given the variety of possible racial self-identification that can occur, does the research show that such variation matters in terms of how Latinos may display distinct policy attitudes (in other words, does it make any difference in addressing these distinctions in racial identity or do all Latinos generally think the same way about policy attitudes despite their racial self-identification)?

Based on these insights, studies such as these have merit for better understanding Latinx political behavior or, despite good intention, might they in some way overcomplicate or perhaps create more confusion than insight into the research being done on Latino politics? (Think about the pros and cons of looking at the "bigger" picture versus missing out on the nuances that can lend deeper insight into why sometimes the "bigger" picture cannot fully explain the how and why of political behavior.).