Waubonsee Community College

Racism on trial, the Chicano fight for justice, Ian F. Haney López

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrationsplates

index present

non fiction

Racism on trial

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Ian F. Haney López

"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

the Chicano fight for justice

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