{"product_id":"raza-rising-richard-gonzales-9781574416329","title":"Raza Rising: Chicanos in North Texas","description":"Based on articles written for the \u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e, author Richard J. Gonzales draws on his educational, inner-city and professional life experiences to weave eyewitness testimony into issues facing Chicanos, including economic, health, education, criminal justice, politics, immigration, and cultural issues. \u003ci\u003eRaza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e presents a personal recounting of a Chicano's struggle with and understanding of the socio-economic policies and historical actions that impact their ascendancy. \u003ci\u003eRaza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e offers first-hand observations, supported by well-documented scholarly research, of Chicanos' growth and subsequent struggles to participate fully in North Texas' political and economic life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader to the organization of a Fort Worth immigration reform march, to the actual march with 20,000 people on Main Street on Palm Sunday, to a protest demonstration of the City of Farmers Branch's attempt to prohibit renting to the undocumented immigrant, to the author's awakening in Chicago on the importance of learning, and to his poignant experience as a guest speaker in a Fort Worth public school classroom. Other observations offer insight on how Chicanos struggle with their ethnic identity and understanding of their history. In addition, the book highlights important historical and political events that illustrate Chicanos' attempts to overcome barriers to their rise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At a time when global economic competition threatens the United States' first world status, this country must nurture academic excellence for all its citizens. \u003ci\u003eRaza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e provides specific explanations for the Chicano educational lag and workable solutions to accelerate their political, economic and academic achievements. Prophetic state and national demographers have forecasted the steady increase in Chicano populations and decrease in white populations. \u003ci\u003eRaza Rising\u003c\/i\u003e offers students, instructors, policy makers, politicians and neighbors a deeper understanding of Chicanos, who in the near future will transition from minority to majority status in Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Gonzales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574416324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574416329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Richard Gonzales","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939724296447,"sku":"9781574416329","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e8570104-422d-4145-b9cd-d26b7fdba0d9.jpg?v=1681443135","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raza-rising-richard-gonzales-9781574416329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}