Title South Central is home : race and the power of community investment in Los Angeles / Abigail Rosas

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) Series Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity Stanford studies in comparative race and ethnicity. Contents Introduction : uncovering Black and Latina/o relations -- Placemaking in our community : race enterprise and the war on poverty -- "Let's get them off to a headstart!" : community investment in Head Start -- "The wave of the future" : the emergence of community health clinics -- Becoming "bona fide" residents : developing relational community formation -- Teaching together : interracial community organizing -- Celebrating diversity : selective inclusion in a multiracial city -- Banking in South Central : the limitations of race enterprises Summary South Central Los Angeles is often characterized as an African American community beset by poverty and economic neglect. But this depiction obscures the significant Latina/o population that has called South Central home since the 1970's. More significantly, it conceals the efforts African American and Latina/o residents have made together in shaping their community. As residents have faced increasing challenges from diminished government social services, economic disinvestment, immigration enforcement, and police surveillance, they have come together in their struggle for belonging and justice. South Central Is Home investigates the development of relational community formation and highlights how communities of color like South Central experience racism and discrimination--and how in the best of situations, they are energized to improve their conditions together. Tracking the demographic shifts in South Central from 1945 to the present, Abigail Rosas shows how financial institutions, War on Poverty programs like Headstart for school children, and community health centers emerged as crucial sites where neighbors engaged one another over what was best for their community. Through this work, Rosas illuminates the promise of community building, offering findings indispensable to our understandings of race, community, and place in U.S. society Analysis African American migration and settlement Latina/o immigration and settlement South Central Los Angeles War on Poverty community formation home interracial relationships politics of place politics of race relational community formation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 06, 2019) Subject Community development -- California -- Los Angeles -- History Ethnic neighborhoods -- California -- Los Angeles -- History Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History African Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- History Working class -- California -- Los Angeles -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. African Americans Community development Ethnic neighborhoods Mexican Americans Race relations Social conditions Working class SUBJECT South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Race relations -- History South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social conditions Subject California -- Los Angeles Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2018051206 ISBN 1503609561 9781503609563

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