The Illusion of Inclusion: The Political Story of San Antonio, Texas

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments I would not have finished this project, as important as it is to my life career goals, if it had not been for the support and understanding of so many people. It is so easy to forget when someone is there for you. I hope I do not. Rosa Rosales . . . I cannot begin to thank you for all your love, for all your patience, and for all your understanding. Oh, and for the real life political experience that you and Angela Garcia provided me while I labored. My parents, Arturo y Otilia, and Rosa’s mother, Ramona, whom we have never forgotten and never will. To Rosa’s father, Herminio, who has seen this entire century and is still crisp-minded and still dreams. Rodolfo Rosales Jr., Miguel Angel Rosales, and Gabriel Yaotequia Rosales, for the inspiration and motivation that your very lives and our intellectual and political interaction have providedme .Mygranddaughter,BiancaYolandaRosales...forwhomthedreams are for. I also want to share this with all of Bianca’s primisas (cousins), many of whom she has yet to meet—Stephanie, April, Alex, Alex, Adriana, Alana, Anja, Lizzy, Teddy, Xavier, Laura, Mariano, Christopher, John, Ernest, Brittany ,Nico,Megan,Courtney,Lorenzo,Lanie,Kate,andLara.ForLeticiaMonteleone , Bianca’s mother. To all the rest of the family who have patiently waited—Roberto, Betty, Maria, Teresa, Deborah, Arturo Jr., Matzie, John Arthur, Eileen, Melissa, Ma- riaGloria,Valerie,Daryl,VirginaAnn,Joe,Georgina,JoeArthur,Rene,JoeDavid , Sylvia, Otilia, Little David, Paul Anthony, Edie, Margarita, John Rudolph, Mary Ann, Tony, Janie, Gracie, Patsy, Debrah, Minnie, Mona, Ernest, John, Yolanda, Arturo, Little Arturo, Melanie, Juanio, Alice, Ricky . . . As with any project, the origins of this one were lost as it developed in complexity and size. What I can say with certainty is I have not lost sight of those who were there for me when it was simply a wisp of an idea. Those teachers and friends in Ann Arbor—Frances Svensen, Ken Langton, Al Meyer, Sylvia Pedraza-Bailey, and Lili Kivisto. I must not overlook the soul of my intellectual experience in Ann Arbor, the rowdy intellectuals in the Association for a CriticalSocialStudies.AmongtheseveryprofoundrowdieswereRosa,Margarita Salazar, David Rosales, Sylvia Mata, Tony Carrasco, Jose Sanchez, Irasema Garza, Ben Ramirez, Mike Ramirez, John Solis, Ismael Dovalina, Tony Miramontes ,NeifaNacel,MartaHernandez,TravisTatum,Terri,Booker,Max,Arthur “Maceo” Powell, Luis Rubalcava, Aida Hurtado, Oscar Morales, Liz NajeraFlores ,EldaMendoza,NenitaTorres—andIhopeIdidnotforgetanyone. As it developed into its mature and complete form, it did so with a little help from my friends.Mi carnal David Montejanoy mi otro carnal Sid Plotkin sat there in my kitchen and with their imagination saw a book in the scribblings that I had compiled. They were consistently there pushing me to clarify and make this project comprehensible as well as to keep it on track. Mis carnales Mario Compean and Steve Casanova at the University of WisconsinMadison , Joe Spielberg and Ricardo Navarro at the Julian Samora Institute at Michigan State University, and Arturo Madrid, Ray Garza, and Ricardo Romo me dieron esquina through their personal support and their financial support, as well as through their various programs where they extended to me muchneeded resources. Gregory Garza has always been there. Emilio Zamora, Jose Sanchez, Sid Plotkin, y Arturo Vega each provided extensive critiques of one of my numerous drafts. At the University of Texas at San Antonio (utsa) I met some very special people who prodded and pushed me to finish this project. La Raza Faculty, whose collective courage changed what would have been an otherwise mundane alien world—the university—into a vibrant extension of the battle for dignity and justice for our people and all people, giving me the fire I needed. My friend Ricardo Gambitta, whose advocacy for students, and in particular for Chicana and Chicano students, has endeared him to me. Mansour Elkikhia , who walks the talk and backs up his friends. The Hispanic Research Center, Jesse Zapata (now Associate Provost), Lalo Valdez, and Eduardo Codina for their support. Acknowledgments ix / The students, whose imaginations I tried to stir and they stirred back as I wrote—among them are Ernesto Dueñas, Brenda Peña, Jennifer Mata, Kevin Lopez, Valerie Kay Vaughn, Nadine Saliba, Paul Bryan, Ruben Prieto, Michele Parker, Roberto Martinez, Oscar Valdez, Everett Whitely, Mono Aguilar, George Lara, James Wheeler, Evelio Salinas Escamilla, Maggie Cronin, Laura Castillon,LeslieBeattie,JessicaCruz,CeciliaPerfecto—theirpoliticalactivism forms the soul of the university. Raquel Favela, Marisol Perez, Marianne...