Reading Response-Week #5

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Taken from the home page of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute:
“The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute is a nonprofit, freestanding research organization that advances critical, insightful thinking on key issues affecting Latino communities through objective, policy-relevant research, and its implications, for the betterment of the nation.”

TRPI is highly regarded for its ability to conduct and provide reliable surveys and is considered an objective source of information on the Latino community in the United States. It has built its reputation by being able to research large populations by interviewing, surveying and examining key issues that affect the Latino community which in turn affect the nation as a whole. Some of the key issues they have surveyed and examined are education, how do Latino’s participate in the political arena, healthcare, immigration and many other important issues.

The results of TRPI’s research have been referenced and used by the President of the United States, congress, local politicians, journalists and newspapers and education facilities to name a few. Their objectivity lends to the fact that the information gathered is thought of as being unbiased and highly regarded.

TRPI is important to the changing nature of American society because the Latino/Hispanic populations is growing at a fast rate and are quickly becoming a major player in the landscape of America. Consider the fact that the views and information discovered by TRPI are different than say what the white-nonhispanic population. This country has to accept the diversity of the nation and the changes that are happening to our population. It is important for institutions such as TRPI to be a part of this landscape.