Nicholas Vargas
@nicholasvargas.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Latinx Studies at UC Berkeley. Sociological lens. Research interests in Latinx racialization, classification, and education.
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Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization | Annual Reviews
In this review, we advocate for deeper exploration of Latino racialization by highlighting three core complexities: complexities of racial categorization, state-based racialization, and within-group v...
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Take an early look at our new article at Annual Review of Sociology: “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization.” Drawing from soc literature, we outline complexities that obscure conceptualizations of Latinxs. doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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My new article in Sociology Compass is out — it reflects on how we’ve come to understand Black-Latinx relations in the U.S., the complexities that challenge coalition, and questions we still need to ask moving forward. Grateful if you checked it out here 👉🏽 doi.org/10.1111/soc4...
Contention, Cohesion, and Beyond: An Overview of Black‐Latinx Relations in the United States
Past sociological research on Black-Latinx relations in the United States details experiences that often take one of two routes: contention or cohesion. In this paper, I overview frames that account ....
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June 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My new article in Sociology Compass is out — it reflects on how we’ve come to understand Black-Latinx relations in the U.S., the complexities that challenge coalition, and questions we still need to ask moving forward. Grateful if you checked it out here 👉🏽 doi.org/10.1111/soc4...
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📣 “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization” w/ @stephdhuman.bsky.social & @nicholasvargas.bsky.social in @annualreviews.bsky.social is officially out! get ur FREE copy
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Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization | Annual Reviews
In this review, we advocate for deeper exploration of Latino racialization by highlighting three core complexities: complexities of racial categorization, state-based racialization, and within-group v...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📣 “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization” w/ @stephdhuman.bsky.social & @nicholasvargas.bsky.social in @annualreviews.bsky.social is officially out! get ur FREE copy
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Sharing an Op-Ed that Cristina Mora and I wrote in the @latimes.com. We collected 2 waves of poll data among CA voters over the past year, pre and post election. No matter how, when, or who we asked, we found overwhelming support for a path to citizenship. Pls share: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Californians insist — immigrants deserve a path to citizenship
No matter where, when, to whom and how you ask the question, Golden State voters support giving immigrants without authorization a chance to become citizens.
www.latimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sharing an Op-Ed that Cristina Mora and I wrote in the @latimes.com. We collected 2 waves of poll data among CA voters over the past year, pre and post election. No matter how, when, or who we asked, we found overwhelming support for a path to citizenship. Pls share: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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NEW @pewresearch.org data: How deportation concerns vary by race/ethnicity
42% of Latino adults worry that, regardless of legal status, they or someone close to them could be deported. 19% of Black, 19% of Asian and 12% of White adults share that concern.
42% of Latino adults worry that, regardless of legal status, they or someone close to them could be deported. 19% of Black, 19% of Asian and 12% of White adults share that concern.
Latinos worry more than other U.S. adults about deportations
About four-in-ten (42%) Hispanic adults say they worry that they or someone close to them could be deported.
www.pewresearch.org
April 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
NEW @pewresearch.org data: How deportation concerns vary by race/ethnicity
42% of Latino adults worry that, regardless of legal status, they or someone close to them could be deported. 19% of Black, 19% of Asian and 12% of White adults share that concern.
42% of Latino adults worry that, regardless of legal status, they or someone close to them could be deported. 19% of Black, 19% of Asian and 12% of White adults share that concern.
Take an early look at our new article at Annual Review of Sociology: “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization.” Drawing from soc literature, we outline complexities that obscure conceptualizations of Latinxs. doi.org/10.1146/annu...
@ajvalle213.bsky.social
@stephdhuman.bsky.social
@ajvalle213.bsky.social
@stephdhuman.bsky.social
Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization | Annual Reviews
In this review, we advocate for deeper exploration of Latino racialization by highlighting three core complexities: complexities of racial categorization, state-based racialization, and within-group v...
doi.org
April 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Take an early look at our new article at Annual Review of Sociology: “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization.” Drawing from soc literature, we outline complexities that obscure conceptualizations of Latinxs. doi.org/10.1146/annu...
@ajvalle213.bsky.social
@stephdhuman.bsky.social
@ajvalle213.bsky.social
@stephdhuman.bsky.social
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As we fight tyranny, we build solidarity. From solidarity, we draw courage. Surrounded by courageous people and institutions, we more easily find courage within ourselves to keep fighting. Remember: tyranny is only possible if people submit to it.
April 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
As we fight tyranny, we build solidarity. From solidarity, we draw courage. Surrounded by courageous people and institutions, we more easily find courage within ourselves to keep fighting. Remember: tyranny is only possible if people submit to it.
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"Overall, 58% of U.S. families had some sort of exposure to the stock market in 2022, the highest level ever recorded...The median value of those holdings was $52,000; the mean value was $489,500."
A booming U.S. stock market doesn’t benefit all racial and ethnic groups equally
Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Overall, 58% of U.S. families had some sort of exposure to the stock market in 2022, the highest level ever recorded...The median value of those holdings was $52,000; the mean value was $489,500."
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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The Impact Map or Federal Cuts Tracker Map is finally live‼️
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
March 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Impact Map or Federal Cuts Tracker Map is finally live‼️
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m...
Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
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Bernie Sanders: +10
Hakeem Jeffries: -3
Donald Trump: -7
Mike Johnson: -9
JD Vance: -11
Chuck Schumer: -15
Elon Musk -17
WFP/JRF, 2/24-3/2
drive.google.com/file/d/1psge...
Hakeem Jeffries: -3
Donald Trump: -7
Mike Johnson: -9
JD Vance: -11
Chuck Schumer: -15
Elon Musk -17
WFP/JRF, 2/24-3/2
drive.google.com/file/d/1psge...
250312_Current Events Messaging_Survey_Toplines.pdf
drive.google.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bernie Sanders: +10
Hakeem Jeffries: -3
Donald Trump: -7
Mike Johnson: -9
JD Vance: -11
Chuck Schumer: -15
Elon Musk -17
WFP/JRF, 2/24-3/2
drive.google.com/file/d/1psge...
Hakeem Jeffries: -3
Donald Trump: -7
Mike Johnson: -9
JD Vance: -11
Chuck Schumer: -15
Elon Musk -17
WFP/JRF, 2/24-3/2
drive.google.com/file/d/1psge...
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We gave a short survey to White Christians & asked them to pick between our govt prioritizing economic prosperity with more immigrants or reducing immigration even if it hurts prosperity.
Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.
Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.
March 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We gave a short survey to White Christians & asked them to pick between our govt prioritizing economic prosperity with more immigrants or reducing immigration even if it hurts prosperity.
Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.
Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.
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"A Columbia senior administrator said the school considered legal options ...but ... the ... government has so many available levers to claw back money, it would be a difficult fight. Additionally the school believed there was considerable overlap between needed campus changes and Trump’s demands."
This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"A Columbia senior administrator said the school considered legal options ...but ... the ... government has so many available levers to claw back money, it would be a difficult fight. Additionally the school believed there was considerable overlap between needed campus changes and Trump’s demands."
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1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1/🧵 Following up on our study featured in NYT today, this figure provides a macro-level view:
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
Dem vote shares rise with turnout parity (left) but fall with party-level ideological moderation (right). This suggests mobilizing base voters > persuading swing voters by moving to the center.
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I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
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A researcher just lost their grant funding because their work might help understand why people are hesitant about vaccines.
March 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A researcher just lost their grant funding because their work might help understand why people are hesitant about vaccines.
Of course, we’d love to see these numbers decrease as much as possible. But comparing raw numbers over time dramatically distorts the risk/safety. There are 100 million more people living in the U.S. today compared to 1968.
NEW: Gun suicides in the United States reached their highest recorded level in 2023, but gun murders declined for the second straight year, according to recently published mortality statistics from the CDC. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
March 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Of course, we’d love to see these numbers decrease as much as possible. But comparing raw numbers over time dramatically distorts the risk/safety. There are 100 million more people living in the U.S. today compared to 1968.
Just received word that the Census National Advisory Committee has been terminated.
March 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just received word that the Census National Advisory Committee has been terminated.
I don’t want to add to the doomscrolling. Still, I am pissed that in addition to having to endure this era, younger generations may be forced to spend decades (if not centuries) debating its true impacts with bad faith actors in their efforts to produce a fuller humanity.
February 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I don’t want to add to the doomscrolling. Still, I am pissed that in addition to having to endure this era, younger generations may be forced to spend decades (if not centuries) debating its true impacts with bad faith actors in their efforts to produce a fuller humanity.
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Good news about the fight against illegal DEI bans from the AAUP!
The “US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on key parts of a pair of executive orders issued by President Trump..”
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
The “US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on key parts of a pair of executive orders issued by President Trump..”
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
A Win for the AAUP, Higher Ed, and Our Communities
Last night, in a case in which the AAUP was a plaintiff, the US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on key parts of a pair of executive orders issue...
www.aaup.org
February 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Good news about the fight against illegal DEI bans from the AAUP!
The “US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on key parts of a pair of executive orders issued by President Trump..”
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
The “US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a preliminary nationwide injunction on key parts of a pair of executive orders issued by President Trump..”
www.aaup.org/news/win-aau...
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1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.”
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
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Critical Sociology compiled Michael Burawoy's articles and allowed free access.
I hope other journals will do the same.
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I hope other journals will do the same.
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February 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Critical Sociology compiled Michael Burawoy's articles and allowed free access.
I hope other journals will do the same.
journals.sagepub.com/page/crs/vir...
I hope other journals will do the same.
journals.sagepub.com/page/crs/vir...