Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-176) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Racializing Latinos -- Spanish language : denigration and racialization -- The racialization of place and space : Latinos in public spaces -- Operating out of the white frame : Latino adaptation and conformity -- Affirmative action programs : Latino opposition and support -- Melting pot, or not : Latinos and whiteness -- The great demographic shift and the US future -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.

"Feagin and Cobas provide the first in-depth examination of the everyday racism faced by middle-class Latinos. Based on a national survey, we learn how a diverse group of talented Latinos--Mexican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, and others--respond to and cope with the commonplace white racial framing and discriminatory practices. Drawing on extensive interviewing, the authors address the recurring discrimination of ordinary whites directed against Spanish speakers and individuals with presumed Latino phenotypes. These incidents occur in everyday encounters, such as when male and female Latinos travel or shop. The book also chronicles the mistreatment that Latinos face from immigration officials when they cross US borders and from the police when they are racially profiled outside "Latino areas." Critical and conforming Latino responses to recurring white discrimination are also extensively examined, as well as the diverse Latino reactions to remedial programs like affirmative action and to the ideal of assimilation into the proverbial US "melting pot."" -- Publisher's description.