Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in Urban America: Status and Prospects for Politics and Activism

by James Jennings

Overview

This volume of essays by scholars and activists focuses on the political and social relations between blacks, Latinos, and Asians in key urban centers. Collectively, the essays examine the particular status of relations between these groups, the reasons for conflict or consensus, and the prospects for future relations. While a number of cities are examined, the book focuses on Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Miami as particularly instructive case studies. Urban eruptions in these cities are examined in terms of the nature of political relations between blacks, Latinos, and Asians.

These essays provide analyses within a sociohistorical context and offer the kind of political activism that might ensure consensus, rather than conflict, between these groups in urban America. As Luis Fuentes observes, This book should be read by all activists and scholars interested in changing the face of urban and ultimately, national America; for if communities of color can come together for progressive political action, then it will only be a matter of time before America finally begins to look like, and act like, what it has been preaching for generations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275947460
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/12/1994
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

JAMES JENNINGS is a Political Scientist and Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has lectured and published widely on black and Latino politics in the United States and abroad, and has recently published Understanding the Nature of Poverty in Urban America (Praeger, 1994). Among his earlier books are From Access to Power: Black Politics in Boston, The Politics of Black Empowerment, Puerto Rican Politics in Urban America (Greenwood Press, 1984), and Race, Politics and Economic Development: Community Perspectives.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Luis Fuentes
Introduction by James Jennings
Black, Latinos, and Asians within the Context of Urban Politics
Changing Urban Policy Paradigms: Impact of Black and Latino Coalitions by James Jennings
Urban Politics and Incorporation: The Case of Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in Three Cities by Charles P. Henry
Building Coalitions among Communities of Color: Beyond Racial Identity Politics by Manning Marable
Blacks and Latinos in the United States: The Emergence of a Common Agenda by Juanita Tamayo Lott
Washington, D.C., Miami, and Los Angeles as Case Studies
The State and Future of Black/Latino Relations in Washington, D.C.: A Bridge in Need of Repair by Keith Jennings and Clarence Lusane
Generating Racial and Ethnic Conflict in Miami: Impact of American Foreign Policy and Domestic Racism by Daryl Harris
Blacks and Koreans in Los Angeles: The Case of LaTasha Harlins and Soo Ja Du by Karen Umemoto
Lessons and Visions from the 1960s
Blacks and Chicanos: Parallels in Political and Historical Struggles by Daniel Osuna
Impact of Malcolm X on Asian-American Politcs and Activism by Yuri Kochiyama Conclusion: Racial Hierarchy and Ethnic Conflict in the United States by James Jennings
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