SOCI 142gm Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Antonio Villaraigosa, California State Treasurer, Matt Fong
SOCI 142 Week 12 (Thursday)
● America as one nation? Or will it break up into different ethnic enclaves?
● Saito Chapter 7
○ Race in the Contemporary Era
■ Gary Locke 1996 Governor, Washington
● Elected when the state was 89% white
● Talked about being the child of poor immigrants
● Walked a mile to success but it could only happen in
America
■ Antonio Villaraigosa 2005 Mayor, Los Angeles
■ Immigrant Success Story - Assimilation
● Crafting Racial Images and Deracialized Campagins
○ Barack Obama
■ 2008, 2012
■ Catered to America saying that he came from a diverse
background - bring as American as can be
○ Matt Fong BA Air Force Academy
■ Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve
■ 1995 California State Treasurer
■ 1998 Ran for the US Senate
○ Antonio Villaraigosa 2005 Mayor, Los Angeles
■ Succeeded in getting support of multiracial people
■ First latino mayor elected in LA since 1872
■ NEWSWEEK COVER: Latino Power
● LA’s New Mayor -- and how Hispanics will change
American politics
■ Colorblind politics: Mayor of all residents
■ Awareness of Race
● Schlesinger
○ Balkanization: small countries that are divided
○ Focus on Race: Division and Disunity → Balkanization of
America OR
○ Organization for Power → Dismantling Barriers → entering
the mainstream
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Document Summary
Elected when the state was 89% white. Talked about being the child of poor immigrants. Walked a mile to success but it could only happen in. Catered to america saying that he came from a diverse background - bring as american as can be. Lieutenant colonel in the air force reserve. Succeeded in getting support of multiracial people. First latino mayor elected in la since 1872. La"s new mayor -- and how hispanics will change. Focus on race: division and disunity balkanization of. Organization for power dismantling barriers entering the mainstream. Maldef: redistricting - 1990 garza v. los angeles county board of. (cid:685)driving while black(cid:686) - likeness of drivers who are black get pulled over more by the police. Asian americans are discriminated by law enforcement and receive hate crimes and racial slurs. Born in the us, 27 years old and in 1982. Went to a bar to celebrate wedding and got into argument with two white males.
