Images of Color, Images of Crime

by Mann, Coramae Richey; Zatz, Marjorie S.; Rodriguez, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9781931719650
• ISBN10: 1931719659
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Roxbury Pub Co

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Perils of Racial Prophecy, Derrick A. Bell	viii
Acknowledgments	x
About the Editors	xi
About the Contributors	xiii
A Point of Departure	xviii
Introduction
The Power of Images	1	(15)
Marjorie S. Zatz and Coramae Richey Mann
Part I: Images of Color
Chapter 1: American Indians	16	(15)
American Indians in Popular Culture: A Pawnee's Experiences and Views
James Riding In
Chapter 2: African Americans	31	(5)
Every Road Has an End
Leon E. Pettiway
Chapter 3: Latinos and Latinas	36	(6)
The Color of Skin Is the Color of Crime
Luis J. Rodriguez
Chapter 4: Asian Americans	42	(10)
'Senator Sir, Welcome to the World of Orientalism'
Karen Joe Laidler
Chapter 5: Euro-Americans	52	(10)
White Privilege, Color, and Crime: A Personal Account
Peggy McIntosh
Part II: Stereotyping by the Media
Chapter 6: American Indians	62	(16)
Redskins, Savages, and Other Indian Enemies: A Historical Overview of American Media Coverage of Native Peoples
Suzan Shown Harjo
Chapter 7: African Americans	78	(10)
The Social Construction of the African American Criminal Stereotype
Dennis M. Rome
Chapter 8: Latinos and Latinas	88	(14)
'Hot Blood and Easy Virtue': Mass Media and the Making of Racist Latino/a Stereotypes
Diego O. Castro
Chapter 9: Asian Americans	102	(9)
Framing Asian Americans
Thomas K Nakayama
Chapter 10: Euro-Americans	111	(19)
The Caucasian Evasion: Victims, Exceptions, and Defenders of the Faith
Jody Miller, Toya Z. Like, and Peter Levin
Part III: Stereotyping by Politicians
Chapter 11: American Indians	130	(10)
U.S. Politicians and the Prevalent Stereotyping of American Indian and Alaska Native Nations and Peoples
Carol Chiago Lujan
Chapter 12: African Americans	140	(11)
The Welfare Queen and Willie Horton
Donald R. Culverson
Chapter 13: Latinos and Latinas	151	(17)
Immigrant Bashing and Nativist Political Movements
Alberto G. Mata Jr. and Catalina Herrerias
Chapter 14: Asian Americans	168	(6)
Asian Americans and the Black-White Paradigms
BongHwan "BH" Kim
Chapter 15: Euro-Americans	174	(6)
The Unanswered Question
Jerome G. Miller
Part IV: Images of Crime and Punishment
Chapter 16: American Indians	180	(17)
Traditional and Contemporary Tribal Justice
Ada Pecos Melton
Chapter 17: African Americans	197	(15)
The Black Bogeyman and White Self-Righteousness
Laura T. Fishman
Chapter 18: Latinos and Latinas	212	(9)
Latinos, Gangs, and Drugs
Edwardo L. Portillos
Chapter 19: Asian Americans	221	(10)
Improper Perceptions of Asian Crimes and Asian Americans
Taiping Ho
Chapter 20: Euro-Americans	231	(12)
The Laundering of White Crime
Mark S. Hamm
Chapter 21: The Nexus Between Race and Ethnicity and Criminal Justice Policy	243	(9)
Nancy Rodriguez
Conclusion	252
A Fragile Future: Pitfalls and Possibilities
Coramae Richey Mann and Marjorie S. Zatz