Abstract
It is common knowledge that the Latino minority constitute a little less than one third of the United States population in 2050. The Latinos are already the largest minority group, representing 15% of the total US population, and according to the previous 2050 forecast, their population is supposed to triple in four decades. There are nevertheless some worrying issues to take into account now, to minimize the crucial impact they could have on the US life and social peace. First, the political representation of the Latino minority is still far from reflecting their real weight in the US society. Even if the 2008 general elections have confirmed more than twenty Latino seats at the House of Representatives, the Latinos still only represent a little more than 1% of all the US elected officials. We can clearly still talk about a significant under representation of this minority. At the same time, their social situation is not the best, with a growing neighborhood poverty rate and also the fact that 60% of the Latinos think there is a lot of discrimination against their community.
