Download PDF/Epub South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. - Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A.
Race, place, and identity in a changing urban America Over the last five decades, South Los Angeles has undergone a remarkable demographic transition. In South Central Dreams, eminent scholars Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor follow its transformation from a historically Black neighborhood into a predominantly Latino one, providing a fresh, inside look at the fascinating-and constantly changing-relationships between these two racial and ethnic groups in California.Drawing on almost two hundred interviews and statistical data, Hondagneu-Sotelo and Pastor explore the experiences of first- and second-generation Latino residents, their long-time Black neighbors, and local civic leaders seeking to build coalitions. Acknowledging early tensions between Black and Brown communities. they show how Latino immigrants settled into a new country and a new neighborhood, finding various ways to co-exist, cooperate, and, most recently, demonstrate Black-Brown solidarity at a time when
Product details: South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A.
Author : Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Pages : 368 pages
Publisher : New York University Press
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ISBN-10 : 1479807974
ISBN-13 : 9781479807970
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