Racial Propositions

Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California

AvDaniel Martinez HoSang

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures. Why did a state with a liberal political culture, an increasingly diverse populace, and a well-organized civil rights leadership roll back civil rights and anti-discrimination gains? Daniel Martinez HoSang finds that, contrary to popular perception, this phenomenon does not represent a new wave of 'color-blind' policies, nor is a triumph of racial conservatism. Instead, in a book that goes beyond the conservative-liberal divide, HoSang uncovers surprising connections between the right and left that reveal how racial inequality has endured. Arguing that each of these measures was a proposition about the meaning of race and racism, his deft, convincing analysis ultimately recasts our understanding of the production of racial identity, inequality, and power in the postwar era.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-28
Mått:152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt:726 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Crossroads
Antal sidor:392
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520266643

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Daniel Martinez HoSang is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.

Recensioner i media

"Well-structured and crisply argued... An important intellectual contribution." -- David G. Gutierrez Western Historical Qtly "An important read for understanding the future of race and politics in America." Southern California Quarterly "[An] important book... Effectively challenges narratives that depict white supremacy as static and doomed to eradication by progress." -- Kevin Allen Leonard, Western Washington University American Historical Review

Innehållsförteckning

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: "Genteel Apartheid" 1. "We Have No Master Race": Racial Liberalism and Political Whiteness 2. "Racial and Religious Tolerance Are Highly Desirable Objectives": Fair Employment and the Vicissitudes of Tolerance, 1945--1960 3. "Get Back Your Rights!" Fair Housing and the Right to Discriminate, 1960--1972 4. "We Love All Kids": School Desegregation, Busing, and the Triumph of Racial Innocence, 1972--1982 5. "How Can You Help Unite California?" English Only and the Politics of Exclusion, 1982--1990 6. "They Keep Coming!" The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187 7. "Special Interests Hijacked the Civil Rights Movement": Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education on the Ballot, 1996--2 8. "Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?" Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001--2003 Conclusion: Blue State Racism Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index