My friend, Sol Trujillo started the Latino Donor Collaborative a few years ago. He’s the former CEO of US West and one of most successful corporate executives in the country. Sol, a lifelong Republican, has been working to change the narrative about Latino’s in this country by focusing on data and facts. The LDC recently released a report that measures the US Latino market in terms of GDP. The results were amazing. The Latino GDP in America is larger than all of India and as a stand-alone would be the 8th largest economy in the world. A story about the Latino GDP was covered in Newsmax, a typically right-leaning online media outlet. Very encouraging development. A link to the article is below.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Latino-GDP-growth-study/2017/07/06/id/800250/
The image of Latinos is not just a nice thought; it affects everything from business opportunities and access to capital to how our children are treated at school. Latinos are among the hardest workers and most entrepreneurial of any group in America. However, negativity has dominated the narrative about Latinos for far too long. This one is on us.
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Latinos are the youngest demographic in America, with the highest workforce participation rate. We are young and we are not afraid of hard work. Our dedication to God, family, and country is of the highest level. We contribute a lot to this country, but I’m not afraid to say, we are still vastly underachieving as a community.