Images of Color, Images of Crime : Readings

by Mann, Coramae Richey; Zatz, Marjorie S.

• ISBN13: 9781891487583
• ISBN10: 1891487582
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Perils of Racial Prophecy	ix
Derrick A. Bell
Acknowledgments	xi
About the Editors	xii
About the Contributors	xiv
A Point of Departure	xix
The Power of Images	1	(12)
Marjorie S. Zatz
Coramae Richey Mann
Part I: Images of Color	13	(42)
American Indians	14	(14)
American Indians in Popular Culture: A Pawnee's Experiences and Views
James Riding In
African Americans	28	(5)
Every Road Has an End
Leon E. Pettiway
Latinos and Latinas	33	(4)
The Color of Skin Is the Color of Crime
Luis J. Rodriguez
Asian Americans	37	(8)
`Senator Sir Meet Susie Wong and the Inscrutable Fu Manchu'
Karen Joe Laidler
Euro-Americans	45	(10)
White Privilege, Color, and Crime: A Personal Account
Peggy McIntosh
Part II: Stereotyping by the Media	55	(60)
American Indians	56	(15)
Redskins, Savages, and Other Indian Enemies: A Historical Overview of American Media Coverage of Native Peoples
Suzan Shown Harjo
African Americans	71	(11)
Murderers, Rapists, and Drug Addicts
Dennis M. Rome
Latinos and Latinas	82	(10)
'Hot Blood and Easy Virtue': Mass Media and the Making of Racist Latino/a Stereotypes
Diego O. Castro
Asian Americans	92	(8)
Framing Asian Americans
Thomas K. Nakayama
Euro-Americans	100	(15)
The Caucasian Evasion: Victims, Exceptions, and Defenders of the Faith
Jody Miller
Toya Z. Like
Peter Levin
Part III: Stereotyping by Politicians	115	(48)
American Indians	116	(10)
Perpetuating the Stereotypes of American Indian Nations and Peoples
Carol Chiago Lujan
African Americans	126	(11)
The Welfare Queen and Willie Horton
Donald R. Culverson
Latinos and Latinas	137	(16)
Immigrant Bashing and Nativist Political Movements
Alberto G. Mata Jr.
Catalina Herrerias
Asian Americans	153	(6)
Asian Americans and the Black-White Paradigms
BongHwan `BH' Kim
Euro-Americans	159	(4)
The Unanswered Question
Jerome G. Miller
Part IV: Images of Crime and Punishment	163	(58)
American Indians	164	(13)
Traditional and Contemporary Tribal Justice
Ada Pecos Melton
African Americans	177	(15)
The Black Bogeyman and White Self-Righteousness
Laura T. Fishman
Latinos and Latinas	192	(9)
Latinos, Gangs, and Drugs
Edwardo L. Portillos
Asian Americans	201	(9)
Vice Crimes and Asian Americans
Taiping Ho
Euro-Americans	210	(11)
The Laundering of White Crime
Mark S. Hamm
Conclusions	221
A Fragile Future: Pitfalls and Possibilities	223
Coramae Richey Mann
Marjorie S. Zatz