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· 275 · Index achievement gap, 63, 68, 70; at Alhambra High School, 63, 79, 113; common sense explanations of, 64, 72, 73, 74; naturalization of, 73–74; racialized discourse of, 84, 89 affiliation: multiracial/ethnic, 174 affirmative action: and Asian Americans, 237–38n58; and “Black entitlement,” 120; and Latina/o stereotypes, 79–80; Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 237–38n58; as reverse racism, 237– 38n58; and white women, 243n81 African Americans: in BSA, 91–94, 112–27; and color-blind discourse, 243n69; property rights of, 230n42; Woods on, 12. See also Blackness Aguilar, Laura, 1 Ahn, Grace, 55–56, 58, 203, 204, 217; cognitive map by, 218 fig. 26 Alhambra (CA), 8 fig. 4, 9 fig. 5, 144 fig. 15, 221–22n16, 254n33; chamber of commerce, 148; as core West SGV city, 3; demographics of, 233n2; diversity campaign, 129–30, 131 fig. 11, 137–41, 139–41 fig. 13a–e, 170; eminent domain, use of, 147; Main Street, redevelopment of, 137–38, 141, 143, 144, 146–47; map of, 137 fig. 12; “Mosaic on Main” banners in, 148, 169; racial composition of, 43 fig. 9; and racial exclusion, 37; Spanish past, myth of, 148–49; white political power in, 136. See also Alhambra High School Alhambra High School, 2; achievement, racialized character of, 76, 79; achievement gap at, 63, 79, 113; AP courses at, 63–64, 68; demographics, racial, 64, 66–67; Latina/o performance at, 69; mascot of, 248–49n65; open enrollment at, 88–89, 239n79; tracking at, 68; Zhou column controversy, 63–64, 69–70, 81– 86, 88, 89–90, 239n79. See also Alhambra; education; schools Althusser, Louis, 18, 63, 88; “ideology cop fable,” 87 Alvarez, Gina, 57, 59–60, 210–11 Alvarez, Milo, 23–24, 39–41, 40–41, 57, 175, 181, 211 Amam, Willow Lung, 232n91 American Dream: and assimilation, 94, 103; and color-blind discourse, 94, 95, 127; and Golden Mile campaign, 151–52; and homeownership, 40, 61; and individualism, 94; and multiculturalism, 138; as myth of success, 95; and white privilege, 110 276 INDEX Anderson, Kay, 133 antiracism, 26, 41, 172; and Zhou column controversy, 84–85 Arguello, Daniel, 245–46n26 Asian Americans: as “abstract citizens,” 96–97; achievement, culture of, 72; and Black exclusion, 28; education, priority of, 57, 71–72, 232n91; as “forever foreign,” 15, 38, 40, 205; heterogeneity of, 192–96, 226n59; homeownership of, 17–18, 26; as honorary whites, 16, 17, 34, 36, 38, 40, 146, 180, 254n37; and labor, 227n82; as model minorities, 36, 39, 40, 132; property rights of, 230n42; racial hierarchy, position in, 14, 16; racialization of, 15, 34; racialized privilege of, 66, 74–76, 199, 202–7; skin color hierarchy of, 193–94; socioeconomic status of, 180; work ethic of, 71–72. See also Asians; Chinese, ethnic; Chinese Americans; Filipino Americans; Japanese Americans; Korean Americans; Vietnamese Americans Asians: as “chinos,” 23, 24, 175. See also Asian Americans; Chinese, ethnic; Chinese Americans; Filipino Americans; Japanese Americans; Korean Americans; Vietnamese Americans Baden-Powell, Robert, 94, 240n17 Ballesteros, Alice, 28 banks: Chinese American, 6, 89, 250n89; ethnic Chinese, 153, 156, 222n20 Becerra, Hector, 253n14 Beppu, Lisa, 1, 30, 61, 204, 205–6, 207–8 Blackness, 25–26, 227n4; “Black,” as term, 25–26, 225n45; whiteness, as precondition of, 95. See also African Americans; whiteness Black Panthers, 224n43 Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo, 126, 242– 43n68, 254n37 Boyle Heights, 24, 30, 187, 224, 253n16 Boy Scouts of America (BSA), 18, 20, 90, 91–127, 180; African Americans in, 97, 99–101, 102, 112; and citizenship, 94, 98, 99, 103, 111, 126; and color-blind discourse, 125–26; Eagle Scout status, 92–93, 96, 98, 105, 108, 112– 20, 124; faith-based partnerships with, 101; gays, exclusion of, 99, 240n16; hegemonic values of, 94–96; history of, 94, 242n46; “Indian” aspects of, 94, 95–96; and individualism, 124, 125–26, 126; Japanese American troops, 98, 102, 241n26; and national culture, 95–97, 107, 126; as nationalist, 126; paramilitary aspects of, 106–7; patriotism as value, 94, 110–11; and racial identity, 102–3; racial ideology, production of, 93; recruitment, 241n42; recruitment of nonwhites, 97, 99–101; “Vale de pena” campaign, 100, 101. See also Boy Scouts of America (BSA), San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts of America (BSA), San Gabriel Valley, 102; African Americans in, 91–94, 112–27; “Black entitlement” in, 120–21; and color-blind discourse, 92–93, 115, 116; Eagle Scout status, 92–93, 96, 98, 105, 108, 112–20, 124; interracial relations of, 108–10, 113–14, 123...

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