Black, brown, yellow, and left
Subtitle: radical activism in Southern California
By: Laura Pulido.
Series: American crossroads ;; 19
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Radicalism -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century; Right and left (Political science); African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Japanese Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: "Laura Pulido traces the roots of third world radicalism in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s in this accessible, wonderfully illustrated comparative study. Focusing on the Black Panther Party, El Centro de Acción Social y Autonomo (CASA), and East Wind, a Japanese American collective, she explores how these African American, Chicana/o, and Japanese American groups sought to realize their ideas about race and class, gender relations, and multiracial alliances. Based on thorough research as well as extensive interviews, Black, Brown, Yellow, and Left explores the differences and similarities between these organizations, the strengths and weaknesses of the third world left as a whole, and the ways that differential racialization led to distinct forms of radical politics."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race, class and political activism; title: Differential racialization in Southern California; title: The politicization of the Third World left; title: Serving the people and vanguard politics : the formation of the Third World left in Los Angeles; title: Ideologies of nation, class, and race among the Third World left; title: The politics of solidarity : interethnic relations among the Third World left; title: Patriarchy and revolution : gender relations among the Third World left; title: The Third World left today and contemporary activism.