5. “That’s what we call ourselves here”: Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants Negotiating Racial Labeling in Daily Life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. The Question of Race 1
5. 2. “I’m white ’cause I’m an American, right?”: The Meanings of Whiteness for Mexican Americans 23
6. 3. “We were never white”: Mexican Americans Identifying Outside the Bounds of Whiteness 51
7. 4. “In Mexico I was . . .”: Translating Racial Identities Across the Border 78
8. 5. “That’s what we call ourselves here”: Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants Negotiating Racial Labeling in Daily Life 98
9. 6. Re-envisioning Our Understanding of Latino Racial Identity 116
10. Appendix: Notes on Methodology 135
11. Notes 139
12. References 145
13. Index 153