Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One Defining Language and Culture
6. 1 Nother Man Dead 29
7. 2 Raps 34
8. 3 Blood Sacrifice 41
9. 4 I Am a Work in Progress 59
10. 5 La Llorona/Weeping Woman 64
11. 6 Filipino Boogie 73
12. 7 Beer Can Hat 79
13. Part Two Complicating Identities
14. 8 The Only Good Indian 95
15. 9 Negrita 119
16. 10 An Angel in the Orange Groves 131
17. 11 Reflections on the Other 143
18. 12 On Academic Being and Becoming 150
19. 13 How to Define a Teacher 165
20. 14 Keepin’ It Real 173
21. Part Three Crossing Cultures
22. 15 Women, Home, and Community 195
23. 16 Expanding the Multicultural Debate 206
24. 17 Against Multiculturalism 221
25. 18 Representing and Negotiating Differences in the Contact Zone 231
26. 19 Identity, Authenticity, Survival 247
27. 20 Toward a New Critical Framework 261
28. Part Four Balancing Color Blindness and Identity
29. 21 White Like Me 297
30. 22 Four Newspaper Articles on Cultural Mas cots 303
31. 23 Memoria is a Friend of Ours 315
32. 24 From Fanon 331
33. 25 The Hispanic Challenge 335
34. 26 A Bilingual America? 352
35. 27 The Year 2042 358
36. About the Authors 362
37. Credits 363