Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I The Shape of the Latino Group: Who Are We and What Are We Talking about Anyway?
Part II Conquest and Immigration: How We Got (Get) Here
Part III Nativism, Racism, and Our Social Construction as a “Problem” Group: How Once We Were Here, We Were Racialized by the Dominant Culture
Part IV Racial Construction and Demonization in Mass Culture: Media Treatment and Stereotypes
Part V Counterstories: We Begin to Talk Back and “Name Our Own Reality”
Part VI Rebellious Lawyering and Resistance Strategies: We Fight Back
Part VII Revisionist Law: Does the Legal System Work for Us?
Part VIII Assimilation: Maybe Our Best Strategy Is Just to Duck?
Part IX Splits and Tensions within the Civil Rights Community
Part X Sex, Gender, and Class: Sure I’m a Latino, but I’m Still Different from You — How about It?
Part XI English-Only, Bilingualism, Interpreters: You Mean I Can’t Speak Spanish?
Contributors
Index