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Preserving Privilege : California Politics, Propositions, and People of Color.

Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor.

Preserving Privilege : California Politics, Propositions, and People of Color. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The California Crucible: Melting Pot or Cauldron? -- 2. Coming to California: Chasing the Dream -- 3. Los Angeles: The Legacy of Rodney King -- 4. California's Three Strikes Initiative: The Politics of Crime and Corrections -- 5. Saving Our State: Demonizing the Immigrants -- 6. Affirmative Action: Resisting Change, Reclaiming Privilege -- 7. Bilingual Education: Language, Culture, and Identity -- 8. Culture Wars at Home and Abroad: National and International Trends -- 9. The Politics of Identity: Conflict or Coexistence? -- 10. Meeting the Millennium: Making Multiculturalism Work -- For Further Reading -- Index.

9780313074288


Minorities -- Government policy -- California.


Electronic books.

F870.A1 -- G53 2001eb

323.1/794/0904

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