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

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. “We Have No Master Race” Racial Liberalism and Political Whiteness 13
6. 2. “ Racial and Religious Tolerance Are Highly Desirable Objectives” Fair Employment and the Vicissitudes of Tolerance, 1945 - 1960 24
7. 3. “Get Back Your Rights!” Fair Housing and the Right to Discriminate, 1960 - 1972 53
8. 4. “We Love All Kids” School Desegregation, Busing, and the Triumph of Racial Innocence, 1972 - 1982 91
9. 5. “ How Can You Help Unite California?” English Only and the Politics of Exclusion, 1982 - 1990 130
10. 6. “They Keep Coming!” The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187 160
11. 7. “ Special Interests Hijacked the Civil Rights Movement” Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education on the Ballot, 1996 - 2000 201
12. 8. “ Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?” Ward Connerly’s Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001 - 2003 243
13. Acknowledgments 275
14. Notes 279
15. Select Bibliography 329
16. Index 347