How the García Cousins Lost Their Accents: Understanding the Language of Title VII Decisions Approving English-Only Rules as the Product of Racial Dualism, Latino Invisibility, and Legal Indeterminacy

California Law Review

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1347-1348

  Ruiz Cameron, Christopher David ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0347140107     PISSN: 00081221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3481062     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. JULIA ALVAREZ, HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS 81 (1991).
2. García v. Gloor, 618 F.2d 264, 266 (5th Cir. 1980).
3. Id. at 267. Given a choice, I prefer the term "Latino." See generally Angel R. Oquendo, Re-imagining the Latino/a Race, 12 HARV. BLACKLETTER J. 93, 96-99 (1995) (discussing the origins and meanings of the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" and arguing that "Latino" is the preferable term). However, I shall use the term used by the litigant or court where appropriate.
4. Id. at 267. Given a choice, I prefer the term "Latino." See generally Angel R. Oquendo, Re-imagining the Latino/a Race, 12 HARV. BLACKLETTER J. 93, 96-99 (1995) (discussing the origins and meanings of the terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" and arguing that "Latino" is the preferable term). However, I shall use the term used by the litigant or court where appropriate.
5. García, 618 F.2d at 267.
6. Id. at 269.