Racial Propositions

Daniel Martinez HoSang is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon.

• Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: "Genteel Apartheid" 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--2 8. "Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?" Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001--2003 Conclusion: Blue State Racism Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index

"Well-structured and crisply argued... An important intellectual contribution." -- David G. Gutierrez Western Historical Qtly "An important read for understanding the future of race and politics in America." Southern California Quarterly "[An] important book... Effectively challenges narratives that depict white supremacy as static and doomed to eradication by progress." -- Kevin Allen Leonard, Western Washington University American Historical Review