CHICANO 10B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Racial Quota, South Los Angeles
Document Summary
Change, and boundary building. police, power, and the production of racial boundaries. By using the example of the cadillac corning section of south. Los angeles, muniz demonstrates the covert actions of the city to make racial boundaries within the city via the use of housing development, and education policy. The author starts by presenting many statistics about the racial composition of the cadillac corning area, as well as in detail showing what specifically lead to the changes in the demographic. She comes from a sociological background, which helps portray the statistics about the area in a more personal manner, and it helps to highlight the personality of the individuals in the area. Mu iz shows that the effect of attempts towards achieving. Desegregation by both the city"s zoning committee and the la. Unified school district were effectively ways of creating racialized boundaries. Creating such boundaries made for completely segregated communities, and it further racialized black and brown neighborhoods.