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A conversation with Ernesto Sagas about their book Latino Colorado: The Struggle for Equality in the Centennial State (University Press of Colorado, 2025)

Ernesto Sagás is Professor of Ethnic Studies at Colorado State University. He is the author of an enormous body of scholarship, including articles and book chapters in a variety of disciplines, and 5 books:

• Race and Politics in the Dominican Republic. University Press of Florida, 2000.
• The Dominican People: A Documentary History. Co-edited with Orlando Inoa. Markus Wiener Publishers, 2003.
• Dominican Migration: Transnational Perspectives. Co-edited with Sintia E. Molina. University Press of Florida, 2004.
• Dominican Politics in the Twenty First Century: Continuity and Change. Co-edited with Jacqueline Jiménez Polanco. Routledge, 2023
• Latino Colorado: The Struggle for Equality in the Centennial State. University Press of Colorado, 2025.

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