Chapter 1. Between Black and White: Geography, Demography, and Political Place

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Maps, Tables, and Charts ix
4. Preface: For Orlando Readers xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction Race, Class, Place, and Politics in a New Puerto Rican Diaspora 1
7. Part I Puerto Rican Orlando
8. Chapter 1. Between Black and White: Geography, Demography, and Political Place 31
9. Chapter 2. Hidden Histories in the New Orlando: Colonial Migrations, Color-Blind Multiculturalism, and Natural Neoliberalism 56
10. Part II Difference and the Incompleteness of Political Community Formation
11. Chapter 3. “You Don’t Look Puerto Rican”: Race, Class, and Memories of Place in Orlando 83
12. Chapter 4. Enough Is Enough: Memory, Political Formations, and Participatory Citizenship 108
13. Chapter 5. “This Building Is Our Island”: Seen and Unseen in Orlando 135
14. Part III The Case of Redistricting in Orange County, Florida
15. Chapter 6. Divided by Beans: Tensions of Collective Identification 167
16. Chapter 7. Four Districts for Americans: Mapping Community in Orange County 191
17. Conclusion. Navigating Ambiguity in the Interests of Community 220
18. Epilogue “Things Will Be Different Now” 227
19. Appendix. Oral History Collections and Orange County Board of County Commissioners Proceedings 235
20. Notes 241
21. References 257
22. Index 283