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- catalog abstract ""Ian Haney Lopez 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 ground-breaking advance that further connects legal racism and racial politics, Haney Lopez 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 Lopez argues, largely explains why racism and racial affiliation persist today."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12706249.
- catalog coverage "East Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations.".
- catalog coverage "East Los Angeles (Calif.) Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations Case studies.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""Ian Haney Lopez 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 ground-breaking advance that further connects legal racism and racial politics, Haney Lopez 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 Lopez argues, largely explains why racism and racial affiliation persist today."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-311) and index.".
- catalog description "Litigating Mexican identity. The Chicano movement cases ; Proving Mexicans exist ; The Mexican race in East L.A. -- Common sense and legal violence. Judges and intentional racism ; Race and racism as common sense ; Law enforcement and legal violence -- The Chicano race. The Chicano movement and East L.A. Thirteen ; From young citizens to brown berets ; Inventing Chicanos.".
- catalog extent "x, 324 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Racism on trial.".
- catalog identifier "067401068X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Racism on trial.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Racism on trial.".
- catalog spatial "California East Los Angeles".
- catalog spatial "California East Los Angeles.".
- catalog spatial "East Los Angeles (Calif.) Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "East Los Angeles (Calif.) Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations Case studies.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "305.868/72079493 21".
- catalog subject "Civil rights movements California East Los Angeles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "F869.E18 H36 2003".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Civil rights California East Los Angeles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Legal status, laws, etc. California East Los Angeles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Mexican Americans Race identity California East Los Angeles.".
- catalog subject "Political activists Legal status, laws, etc. California East Los Angeles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Racism California East Los Angeles History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Racism United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Litigating Mexican identity. The Chicano movement cases ; Proving Mexicans exist ; The Mexican race in East L.A. -- Common sense and legal violence. Judges and intentional racism ; Race and racism as common sense ; Law enforcement and legal violence -- The Chicano race. The Chicano movement and East L.A. Thirteen ; From young citizens to brown berets ; Inventing Chicanos.".
- catalog title "Racism on trial : the Chicano fight for justice / Ian F. Haney López.".
- catalog type "text".