Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A "Latino" Law Student? Law 4 Sale at Harvard Law School -- 3. My Mother: One Assimilation Story -- 4. My Father: Planting the Seeds of a Racial Consciousness -- 5. Growing Up White? -- 6. College: Beginning to Recognize Racial Complexities -- A Family Gallery -- 7. A Corporate Lawyer: Happily Avoiding the Issue -- 8. A Latino Law Professor -- 9. My Family/Mi Familia -- 10. Lessons for Latino Assimilation -- 11. What Does It All Mean for Race Relations in the United States? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This compelling account of racial identity takes a close look at the question "Who is a Latino?" and determines where persons of mixed Latino-Anglo heritage fit into the racial dynamics of the United States. The son of a Mexican American mother and an Anglo father, Kevin Johnson has spent his life in the borderlands between racial identities. In this insightful book, he uses his experiences as a mixed Latino-Anglo to examine issues of diversity, assimilation, race relations, and affirmative action in contemporary America.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.