05209nam 2200853 a 450 991095959240332120200520144314.09780674264274067426427497806740382640674038266(CKB)1000000000805595(OCoLC)609058795(CaPaEBR)ebrary10328858(SSID)ssj0000232092(PQKBManifestationID)12043489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000232092(PQKBWorkID)10209985(PQKB)10781993(SSID)ssj0000486882(PQKBManifestationID)11298157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486882(PQKBWorkID)10442906(PQKB)11540320(MiAaPQ)EBC3300680(Au-PeEL)EBL3300680(CaPaEBR)ebr10328858(OCoLC)923116954(Perlego)3104823(EXLCZ)99100000000080559520021024d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRacism on trial the Chicano fight for justice /Ian F. Haney Lopez1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20031 online resource (337 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674010680 067401068X 9780674016293 0674016297 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Prologue -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: Litigating Mexican Identity -- 1. The Chicano Movement Cases -- 2. Proving Mexicans Exist -- 3. The Mexican Race in East L.A. -- Part Two: Common Sense and Legal Violence -- 4. Judges and Intentional Racism -- 5. Race and Racism as Common Sense -- 6. Law Enforcement and Legal Violence -- Part Three: The Chicano Race -- 7. The Chicano Movement and East L.A. Thirteen -- 8. From Young Citizens to Brown Berets -- 9. Inventing Chicanos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.In 1968, ten thousand students marched in protest over the terrible conditions prevalent in the high schools of East Los Angeles, the largest Mexican community in the United States. Chanting "Chicano Power, " the young insurgents not only demanded change but heralded a new racial politics. Frustrated with the previous generation's efforts to win equal treatment by portraying themselves as racially white, the Chicano protesters demanded justice as proud members of a brown race. The legacy of this fundamental shift continues to this day.Ian Haney López tells the compelling story of the Chicano movement in Los Angeles by following two criminal trials, including one arising from the student walkouts. He demonstrates how racial prejudice led to police brutality and judicial discrimination that in turn spurred Chicano militancy. He also shows that legal violence helped to convince Chicano activists that they were nonwhite, thereby encouraging their use of racial ideas to redefine their aspirations, culture, and selves. In a groundbreaking advance that further connects legal racism and racial politics, Haney López describes how race functions as "common sense, " a set of ideas that we take for granted in our daily lives. This racial common sense, Haney López argues, largely explains why racism and racial affiliation persist today.By tracing the fluid position of Mexican Americans on the divide between white and nonwhite, describing the role of legal violence in producing racial identities, and detailing the commonsense nature of race, Haney López offers a much needed, potentially liberating way to rethink race in the United States. Mexican AmericansCivil rightsCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHistory20th centuryMexican AmericansRace identityCaliforniaEast Los AngelesMexican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHistory20th centuryPolitical activistsLegal status, laws, etcCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHistory20th centuryCivil rights movementsCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHistory20th centuryRacismCaliforniaEast Los AngelesHistory20th centuryRacismUnited StatesCase studiesEast Los Angeles (Calif.)Trials, litigation, etcEast Los Angeles (Calif.)Race relationsUnited StatesRace relationsCase studiesMexican AmericansCivil rightsHistoryMexican AmericansRace identityMexican AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.HistoryPolitical activistsLegal status, laws, etc.HistoryCivil rights movementsHistoryRacismHistoryRacism305.868/72079493Haney-Lopez Ian1461727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959592403321Racism on trial4368214UNINA