New Nativism: Proposition 187 and the Debate over Immigration

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Investigating a key moment in grassroots political activism, The New Nativism questions racism as the motivating factor for political action both at the time and in the high-stakes, hotly contested immigration debates of today. Based on in-depth interviews with supporters of Proposition 187, Jacobson finds that rather than being motivated primarily by racism, proponents connected racial identity, ideas of fairness, and traditional American values in surprising, often contradictory, ways. Moving beyond ...
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Overview

Investigating a key moment in grassroots political activism, The New Nativism questions racism as the motivating factor for political action both at the time and in the high-stakes, hotly contested immigration debates of today. Based on in-depth interviews with supporters of Proposition 187, Jacobson finds that rather than being motivated primarily by racism, proponents connected racial identity, ideas of fairness, and traditional American values in surprising, often contradictory, ways. Moving beyond inflammatory headlines and polarizing rhetoric, Jacobson reveals that it is not so much prejudice but the very act of defining race that lies at the center of modern American politics.

About the Author:
Robin Dale Jacobson is assistant professor of political science at Bucknell University

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  • ISBN-13: 9780816650286
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  • Publication date: 7/4/2008
  • Pages: 224
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction The legacy of Proposition 187

1 Bridging race 1

2 Color-blind conservatism and racial realism : two sides of the same coin 23

3 Criminalizing Mexican migration 47

4 Economic citizenship : dependency and the white American work ethic 66

5 Assimilation and civilization : language, trash, and power 89

6 Population and hyperreproductivity 109

Conclusion 135

App Research methods 147

Notes 161

References 171

Index 179

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