Inventing Latinos : a new story of American racism / Laura E. Gomez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gómez, Laura E., 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Race identity.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Government policy.

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions.

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

Latin America--Emigration and immigration--History.

Latin America.

United States--Race relations--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, [2022]

Summary:

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR An NPR Best Book of the Year, exploring the impact of Latinos' new collective racial identity on the way Americans understand race, with a new afterword by the author Who are Latinos and where do they fit in America's racial order? In this "timely and important examination of Latinx identity" ( Ms. ), Laura E. Gómez, a leading critical race scholar, argues that it is only recently that Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Central Americans, and others are seeing themselves (and being seen by others) under the banner of a cohesive racial identity. And the catalyst for this emergent identity, she argues, has been the ferocity of anti-Latino racism. In what Booklist calls "an incisive study of history, complex interrogation of racial construction, and sophisticated legal argument," Gómez "packs a knockout punch" ( Publishers Weekly ), illuminating for readers the fascinating race-making, unmaking, and re-making processes that Latinos have undergone over time, indelibly changing the way race functions in this country. Building on the "insightful and well-researched" ( Kirkus Reviews ) material of the original, the paperback features a new afterword in which the author analyzes results of the 2020 Census, providing brilliant, timely insight about how Latinos have come to self-identify.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1. We Are Here Because You Were There

2. Idealized Mestizaje and Anti-Black and Anti-Indian Racism

3. The Elusive Quest for Whiteness

4. To Count, We Must Be Counted

Conclusion

Afterword to the Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Publishing in the Public Interest

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781620977668

1620977664

OCLC:

1376935259