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How a Project on Utopia Became a Catalogue of Horror
Nov 02 2023
by Patricia Ventura and Edward K. Chan, co-authors of White Power and American Neoliberal CultureWe didn’t set out to write a catalogue of horror—instead we stumbled upon these sadistic texts of white supremacy glorifying racist violence and terror while working on other projects about neolibera
Q&A with Tristin K. Green, author of Racial Emotion at Work
Oct 03 2023
Tristin Green's new book unravels race and emotion in the workplace—exploring why racial emotion is often left out of equity conversations and why we must confront it.Racial Emotion at Work: Dismantling Discrimination and Building Racial Justice in the Workplace is an invitation to understand ou
Q&A with Jessica P. Cerdeña, author of Pressing Onward
Apr 11 2023
Pressing Onward: The Imperative Resilience of Latina Migrant Mothers centers the stories of mothers who migrated from Latin America, settled in New Haven, Connecticut, and overcame trauma and ongoing adversity to build futures for their children. These migrant mothers enact imperative resilience, en
Asian Immigrants Chasing – and Defending – the Suburban American Dream
Mar 28 2023
By James Zarsadiaz, author of Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.Today, notions of an urban and liberal Asian America continue to prevail, even though Asian Americans are the most suburbanized people of color and have been among the most vocal critics of
California History Announces Winners of 2022 Richard J. Orsi Prize
Mar 04 2023
California History is pleased to announce the winner of the Richard J. Orsi prize for the best article published in the journal in 2022. The committee unanimously selected Warren C. Wood's “S. An-Sky’s The Dybbuk and the Process of Jewish American Identity in 1920s San Francisco” (California Histor
Q&A with Natali Valdez, author of Weighing the Future
Jan 14 2022
A new release in our Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics Series, Weighing the Future is an ethnographic exploration of how epigenetic thinking is changing the way pregnant women are seen as maternal environments, as revealed through two major clinical studies. In the intervi
The Deeper History of Empire and White Supremacy Behind Anti-Asian Racism
Dec 17 2021
By Moon-Ho Jung, author of Menace to Empire: Anticolonial Solidarities and the Transpacific Origins of the US Security StateIn the wake of very visible hate crimes against Asian Americans this past year, President Joe Biden vowed to combat racism to make America live up to its reputed ideals
Q&A with Danielle Raudenbush: C. Wright Mills Award-winning Author
Aug 05 2021
Award-winning author Danielle RaudenbushWe're proud to share that author Danielle Raudenbush has won the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award for her book, Health Care Off the Books! This honor, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Social Problems, is one of the most prestigious book awards in
The Muslim Ban Exposes the Racialization of Religion in America
May 27 2021
By Sahar Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious FreedomOn his first day in office, President Biden repealed the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order issued by Trump on January 27, 2017. This repeal was a welcome development for the hundreds of thousands of Muslims whose liv
Interview with MacArthur Fellow, Natalia Molina
Apr 14 2021
Photo credit: Mike GlierAs a professor American studies and ethnicity at USC, Natalia Molina has spent her career studying race, citizenship, and the experiences of immigrants in the U.S. Last year, Molina was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in honor of her “revealing how narratives of racial dif