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
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