In this paper we propose a model for examining personal identity development that moves
attention from a relatively exclusive examination of the individual to an examination of the …

In exploring the history of involuntary sterilization in California, I connect the approximately
20 000 operations performed on patients in state institutions between 1909 and 1979 to the …

“My world seems upside down. I have grown up but I feel like I'm moving backward. And I
can't do anything about it.”–Esperanza Over two million of the nation's eleven million …

How Race Is Made in America examines Mexican Americans—from 1924, when American
law drastically reduced immigration into the United States, to 1965, when many quotas were …

Twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition and more than thirty years since
the publication of the original book, Racial Formation in the United States now arrives with …

News media and pundits too frequently perpetuate the notion that Latinos, particularly
Mexicans, are an invading force bent on reconquering land once their own and destroying …

ABSTRACT A growing body of evidence demonstrates that the way the press frames policy
issues can foster fear, particularly with respect to portrayals of immigrants. Building on this …

The United States is once again experiencing a major influx of immigrants. Questions about
who should be admitted and what benefits should be afforded to new members of the polity …

" With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled
history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking …

Tracing what has become a profound and robust conversation among rhetorical critics, I
argue in this essay that questions of race are of such central importance to rhetorical …