Full Description
Mexican and Central American undocumented immigrants, as well as U.S. citizens such as Puerto Ricans and Mexican-Americans, have become a significant portion of the U.S. population. Yet the U.S. government, mainstream society, and radical activists characterize this rich diversity of peoples and cultures as one group alternatively called "Hispanics," "Latinos," or even the pejorative "Illegals." How has this racializing of populations engendered governmental policies, police profiling, economic exploitation, and even violence that afflict these groups? From a variety of settings-New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Central America, Cuba-this book explores this question in considering both the national and international implications of U.S. policy. Its coverage ranges from legal definitions and practices to popular stereotyping by the public and the media, covering such diverse topics as racial profiling, workplace discrimination, mob violence, treatment at border crossings, barriers to success in schools, and many more. It shows how government and social processes of racializing are too seldom understood by mainstream society, and the implication of attendant policies are sorely neglected.
Contents
Introduction, José A. Cobas, Jorge Duany, Joe R. Feagin; Chapter 1 Pigments of Our Imagination, Rubén G. Rumbaut; Chapter 2 Counting Latinos in the U.S. Census, Clara E. Rodríguez; Chapter 3 Becoming Dark, Fernando Purcell; Chapter 4 Repression and Resistance, William D. Carrigan, Clive Webb; Chapter 5 Opposite One-Drop Rules, Laura E. Gómez; Chapter 6 Racializing the Language Practices of U.S. Latinos, Ofelia García; Chapter 7 English-Language Spanish in the United States as a Site of Symbolic Violence, Jane H. Hill; Chapter 8 Racialization Among Cubans and Cuban Americans, Lisandro Pérez; Chapter 9 Racializing Miami, Elizabeth Aranda, Rosa E. Chang, Elena Sabogal; Chapter 10 Blacks, Latinos, and the Immigration Debate, Xóchitl Bada, Gilberto Cárdenas; Chapter 11 Central American Immigrants and Racialization in a Post-Civil Rights Era, Nestor P. Rodriguez, Cecilia Menjívar; Chapter 12 Agency and Structure in Panethnic Identity Formation, Zulema Valdez; Chapter 13 Racializing Ethnicity in the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean, Jorge Duany; Chapter 14 Transnational Racializations, Wendy D. Roth;
