5. The Importance Of Being Asian: Growers, The United Farm Workers, And The Rise Of Colorblindness

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List Of Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Racial Formation Theory Revisited
6. 1. Gendering Racial Formation 23
7. 2. On The Specificities Of Racial Formation: Gender And Sexuality In Historiographies Of Race 44
8. 3. The Transitivity Of Race And The Challenge Of The Imagination 57
9. 4. Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy 66
10. Part Two. Racial Projects And Histories Of Racialization
11. 5. The Importance Of Being Asian: Growers, The United Farm Workers, And The Rise Of Colorblindness 95
12. 6. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (Black): Legal And Cultural Constructions Of Race And Nation In Colonial Latin America 116
13. 7. Race, Racialization, And Latino Populations In The United States 143
14. 8. Kill The Messengers: Can We Achieve Racial Justice Without Mentioning Race? 162
15. 9. The New Racial Preferences: Rethinking Racial Projects 183
16. Part Three. War And The Racial State
17. 10. “We Didn’T Kill ’Em, We Didn’T Cut Their Head Off ”: Abu Ghraib Revisited 217
18. 11. The “War On Terror” As Racial Crisis: Homeland Security, Obama, And Racial (Trans)Formations 246
19. 12. Racial Formation In An Age Of Permanent War 276
20. Conclusion: Racial Formation Rules: Continuity, Instability, And Change 302
21. Bibliography 333
22. List Of Contributors 361
23. Acknowledgements 365
24. Index 367