Racial propositions : ballot initiatives and the making of postwar California / Daniel Martinez HoSang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

HoSang, Daniel.

Series:

American crossroads ; 30.

American crossroads ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Referendum--California--History--20th century.

Referendum.

California--Race relations--History--20th century.

California.

California--Politics and government--1951-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures.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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

1. "We Have No Master Race" Racial Liberalism and Political Whiteness

2. " Racial and Religious Tolerance Are Highly Desirable Objectives" Fair Employment and the Vicissitudes of Tolerance, 1945 - 1960

3. "Get Back Your Rights!" Fair Housing and the Right to Discriminate, 1960 - 1972

4. "We Love All Kids" School Desegregation, Busing, and the Triumph of Racial Innocence, 1972 - 1982

5. " How Can You Help Unite California?" English Only and the Politics of Exclusion, 1982 - 1990

6. "They Keep Coming!" The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187

7. " Special Interests Hijacked the Civil Rights Movement" Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education on the Ballot, 1996 - 2000

8. " Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?" Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001 - 2003

Acknowledgments

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520947719

0520947711

OCLC:

727647684