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Hispanics rival blacks as largest minority By Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The census finding that Hispanics now rival blacks as the nation’s leading mi nority group offers blacks a poten tial alliance with a powerful part ner on issues such as fair housing and racial profiling. Both sides agree that on the na tional level, the lines of communi cation between advocacy groups will grow stronger in the future. Ac OFF Any Yogurt (’Except small cones and tinies. Expires 4/22/01) Campus SUBSHOP Mon.-Fri. lOam-lOpm Sat. llam-9pm Sun. 12 p ni-9 pm 1225 Alder 345-2434 Not valid with any other discounts or coupons. One coupon per customer. m HOMEY HILL FARMS tivists point to the neighborhoods and towns where the Hispanic pop ulation is booming as the area where the most work must come. The census showed there were 35.3 million Hispanics in 2000 and between 33.9 million and 35.4 mil lion non-Hispanic blacks. Black leaders say they must strengthen bonds with their Latino counterparts — and vice versa — to ensure a united front on their shared concerns. Combined, they now make up roughly a quarter of the country’s 281 million people. “For all of us, we can now focus more sharply on the analysis of the problems that we share, so we can craft a much more sharply focused solution,” said Hilary Shelton, di rector of the Washington bureau of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. “We have some cultural and racial differences ... but even the subtle difference between these two groups need to be crafted together,” Shelton said. The Hispanic population caught up with non-Hispanic blacks faster than Census Bureau experts had projected. One forecast predicted that would not happen until at least July 2002. Blacks still have more political clout nationally, though there are growing pockets of Hispanic strength, particularly in Texas and California, said Eric Rodriguez, direc tor of the economic mobility project for the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy organization. The greatest challenge for a com bined front may come at the local level. Teacher Barbara Brady did not need to look at census figures to de tect the changes in the once mostly black neighborhood in Washington where she raised her eight children. Over time, some black families moved to the suburbs and were re placed by recently arrived Hispanic immigrants and a few white families. But that growing diversity does not translate into a decline in segre gation, Brady said as she watched her grandson and some of his class mates play on the National Mall. “Even with that Hispanic growth, it’s still white families here, black families here, Hispanic families there. It’s been that way for years and it’s never going to change,” she said. Overall, the country’s Hispanic population jumped 58 percent the past decade, while the non-Hispan ic black population increased be tween 16 percent and 21 percent. Exact comparisons by race be tween 1990 and 2000 is impossible because the 2000 coimt was the first to allow people to identify them selves as belonging to more than one race. This change increased the number of race categories available from five to 63 this year. Additionally, the federal govern ment considers “Hispanic” an eth nicity rather than a race; that means people of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race. Both groups are still mainly con centrated in urban areas, while the most explosive growth in the Lati no population occurred across the South and West. During the 1990s, some upper and middle-class black families took advantage of the strong econo my and fair housing regulations to move to suburbs that were once the province primarily of whites, said Roderick Harrison, an analyst with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Governor’s proposal places Medicaid at risk SALEM, Ore. — Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposal to reduce Medicaid reimbursements to state financed assisted-living projects would force some residents into nursing homes and cause wide spread defaults by borrowers, ac cording to consultants hired by the state. | Facing a budget shortfall for I 2001-03, Kitzhaber has proposed I cutting programs across state gov ! ernment, including a $6,1 million ! reduction in Medicaid payments to i assisted-living centers. Assisted-living operators would see monthly payments fall from an average of $1,500 to $900. At lower rates, care centers couldn’t cover the cost of services for Medicaid residents, the consultants discov ered. Oregon Housing and Communi ty Services, which made. 43 loans totaling $98 million to operators, ' estimated that 27 of them could be at risk if rates are cut. If the study is correct, Medicaid residents would be forced to move to nursing homes or foster care homes, and there isn’t sufficient de mand to fill the beds they would vacate. The study concluded that the higher cost of nursing-home care and the expense of dealing with foreclosed real estate would cost more than the $6.1 million Kitzhaber hopes to save. “I’m aware of the issue, and I’m not willing to step in at this point,’’ Kitzhaber said. “In the end, we may have to put in more money.” Republicans and long-term providers have been critical of Kitzhaber’s plan. If the cuts are made, “you will see financial catastrophe,’’ said Jim Carlson, a lobbyist for long-term care providers. “Any significant change in their revenue stream is going to put them in a negative cash flow situation.” House Speaker Mark Simmons, R-Elgin, said lawmakers would re store the money, but he hasn’t said where the money would come from. The Associated Press S' lV00**jLrf** -er*« f4t>S 686-1166 •Delivery charges may apply •Not valid with any other offers •PLEASE mention the student special when ordering Rifat 9 », ^ The Oregon Humanities Center presents The Fourteenth Annual Colin Ruagh Thomas O’Fallon Memorial Lecture in Law and American Culture Frank I. Michelman Robert Walmsley University Professor Harvard Law School Machiavelli in Robes? The Court in the Election 011383 Monday, April9,2001 7:30 p.m. 175 Knight Law Center Frank Michelman, Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard University, is the author of the recently published Brennan and Democracy (1999). He clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. from 1961 to 1962. Michelman has published in the Fields of constitutional law and theory, property law, local government law, and jurisprudence. His Eugene lecture will examine the role of the Supreme Court in the recent Presidential election. Lecture is free and open to the public. Reception will follow. For more information or disability accommodations, call (541) 346-3934. Oregon Daily Emerald P.O. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the Uni versity of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates independently of the University with offices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is pri vate property. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. 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