Chicanas and Chicanos in School: Racial Profiling, Identity Battles, and Empowerment

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c h i c a n a s a n d c h i c a n o s i n s c h o o l 00a-T3261-FM 3/22/05 1:21 PM Page i Book Eleven Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series Books about women and families, and their changing role in society 00a-T3261-FM 3/22/05 1:21 PM Page ii CHICANAS AND CHICANOS IN SCHOOL Racial Profiling, Identity Battles, and Empowerment MARCOS PIZARRO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS austin 00a-T3261-FM 3/22/05 1:21 PM Page iii The Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series is supported by Allison, Doug, Taylor, and Andy Bacon; Margaret, Lawrence, Will, John, and Annie Temple; Larry Temple; the Temple-Inland Foundation; and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Portions of Chapter 1 previously appeared in Marcos Pizarro, Power, borders, and identity formation: Understanding the world of Chicana/o students, Perspectives in Mexican American Studies 6 (1997): 142–167. Portions of Chapter 3 previously appeared in Marcos Pizarro, Racial formation and Chicana/o identity in the twenty-first century: Lessons from the rasquache. In P. Wong, ed., Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in the United States: Toward the Twenty-first Century, 191–214 (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1999). Copyright © 2005 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2005 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713–7819.  The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pizarro, Marcos, 1967–– Chicanas and Chicanos in school : racial profiling, identity battles, and empowerment / Marcos Pizarro.––1st ed. p. cm.––(The Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 11) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-292-70636-7 (alk. paper)––isbn 0-292-70665-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mexican American youth––Education––Social aspects––California––Los Angeles––Case studies. 2. Mexican American youth––Education––Social aspects––Washington (State)––Case studies. 3. Mexican Americans–– Ethnic identity––California—Los Angeles––Case studies. 4. Mexican Americans—Ethnic identity—Washington (State)—Case studies. 5. Discrimination in education––California––Los Angeles—Case studies. 6. Discrimination in education––Washington (State)––Case studies. I. Title. II. Series. lc2688.l7p59 2005 373.18296872073––dc22 2004020252   00a-T3261-FM 3/22/05 1:21 PM Page iv This work is dedicated to raza youth, who live these stories every day. They are warriors. 00a-T3261-FM 3/22/05 1:21 PM Page v THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...