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Author: Richard Rodriguez
First Published: 2002
Type of Work: Current affairs, history, and sociology
Setting: The United States
Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History, Sociology
Subjects: United States or Americans, Biracial people, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Interracial relationships, Twenty-first century, California, Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, Immigration or emigration, Minorities, Mexico or Mexicans, Colors
Locales: United States

Forecasting a revolution of consciousness that would sweep through the United States, Charles Reich’s The Greening of America (1970) soared to best-seller status. Consciousness III, as Reich called it, promised a rediscovery of selfhood in which the preciousness of all human life would be affirmed. Within a few months, despite its claim that this “greening” was inevitable, Reich’s book had come and gone.

Thirty years later, Richard Rodriguez announced the “browning” of America. Although Brown’s immediate impact did not match The Greening of...

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