Latinos Facing Racism Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance [Hardcover]

This book provides the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. It chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside Latino areas. 1. Racializing Latinos 2. Spanish Language: Denigration and Racialization 3. The Racialization of Place and Space: Latinos in Public Spaces 4. Operating Out of the White Frame: Latino Adaptation and Conformity 5. Affirmative Action Programs: Latino Opposition and Support 6. Melting Pot, or Not: Latinos and Whiteness 7. The Great Demographic Shift and the US FutureOne of the more vibrant debates among contemporary scholars of race and immigration concerning the racial fate of Latinos
American Journal of Sociology

An outstanding overview of theories of racism&an excellent read for students and scholars in the field. Summing Up: Highly recommended. CHOICE

Latinos Facing Racism is an up to date, clear and well documented [book] that highlights the pervasiveness of the dynamics of racial discrimination still active in American society.
Iperstoria

Feagin and Cobas wake the daydreamer who assumed in 2013 that Latinos are now viewed as American as apple pie, that they are seen as the warp and weave of our nations fabric. With passionate prose and solid scholarship, they point out the stereotypes, images, words, narratives, ways of speaking, and other white racial framings that perpetuate two ranks of American citizens. Their volume is a needed memorandum to remind us that the freedom from discrimination has not been achieved in the United States.
Otto Santa Ana, University of CaliforniaLos Angeles

The explanatory power of the white racial frame, grounded in compelling histories, elucidates these detailed accounts of Latino experiences in the United States. Attention to the power of the frame to shape these explƒ.