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affirmative action programs
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Author_Daniel Martinez HoSang
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california
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civil rights
conservative liberal divide
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discrimination
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historical
history buffs
immigrants
inequality
liberal politics
modern history
nonfiction
postwar california
postwar era
public services
race issues
racial conservatism
racial identity
racial inequality
racism
undocumented immigrants
united states
voter rights
Product details
- ISBN 9780520266667
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures.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.
Daniel Martinez HoSang is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.
