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Laura Pulido, Black, Brown, Yellow and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles.

Publication: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Laura Pulido, Black, Brown, Yellow and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Laura Pulido, Black, Brown, Yellow and Left: Radical Activism in Los Angeles. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006. $29.95 paperback.

In her intelligent, creative and highly readable study, Laura Pulido demonstrates the value of a comparative analysis that respects the complex dynamics of organizing within and across race and class enough to convey not only the strengths and benefits, but also the limitations and pitfalls of such collective action. This work can be read on a number of levels--a study of racial identity mobilization, a history of the New Left, a narrative of indigenous leadership development, or a testimony to the dramatic potency of radical analyses of societal inequities. Through whatever lens it is read, Pulido has made an elegant and vital addition to our understanding of multicultural social change efforts.

The core theoretical framework for this study,...

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