Leo R. Chavez, "The Latino Threat: How Alarmist Rhetoric Misrepresents Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation" (Stanford UP, 2025)
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Right. Hello, and welcome back to New Books in Latino Studies, a podcast channel on the New Books Network. I'm David James Gonzalez, your host for today, and I'm pleased to be speaking with Leo R. Chavez, author of the award-winning book, The Latino Threat, How Alarmist Rhetoric Misrepresents Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, in its third edition, released earlier this year by Stanford University Press, and that is in 2025. Leo R. Chavez is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of several books, including Covering Immigration, Popular Images and the Politics of the Nation, which was published by UC Press in 2001, and Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship, published by Stanford University Press in 2017.
Dr. Chavez is the recipient of several awards, including the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists Book Award for The Latino Threat, which he received in 2009, and another from the Society of the Anthropology of North America's Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023. Hello, Leo, and welcome to the New Books Network and New Books and Latino Studies.
Thank you very much. It's a pleasure.
I'm hoping you can begin today by just introducing yourself a bit more to our audience. Tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, perhaps personally and professionally.
Sure. I mean, you gave a pretty good background there, but I could add a few things and you could ask me some more questions. I was born in New Mexico, which previously was part of Mexico and before that part of New Spain. I'm 13th generation New Mexican, and my family came in the early 1600s.
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5 chapters
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0:00–11:04
2
Who is Leo R. Chavez and why did he write The Latino Threat (3rd ed., 2025)?
11:04–19:01
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How did Chavez’s personal background shape his view of anti‑Latino rhetoric?
19:01–46:45
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Why did Chavez decide to produce a new third edition and what’s new about it?
46:45–50:52
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How did Donald Trump and contemporary politics mainstream the 'Latino threat' narrative?
50:52–1:11:37