OPINION — “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people.” In 2015, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump infamously launched his first campaign with this attack on Mexican immigrants.
Naturally, the opposition argued that this insinuation would drive the Latino community away from this candidate and his ideologies. Two presidential administrations later, more and more Latino men in the United States have embraced right-wing ideologies and a growing patriarchal identity.
It is hard to miss all the headlines about the manosphere, “traditional values” and all the things that are wrong with men. Trump won a majority of Latino male voters in the last election, and support for the MAGA movement among Latinos has risen. This fact surprised many researchers, advocates and community leaders. What is happening with Latino men?
