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Ojito, Mirta A.
Subjects
Murder -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Latin Americans -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Racism -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Hunting season : imm...
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Hunting season : immigration and murder in an all-American town / Mirta Ojito.
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Ojito, Mirta A.
Boston : Beacon Press, c2013.
Subjects
Murder -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Latin Americans -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Racism -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Patchogue -- Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780807001813 (cloth) :
0807001813 (cloth)
Description:
xii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:
A bloody knife -- Painted birds in the air -- Welcome to Patchogue -- Not in my backyard -- Beaner jumping -- Unwanted -- A murder in the suburbs -- A torn community -- A little piece of Heaven -- Trial and punishment.
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Summary:
Documents the true story of a Long Island immigrant's murder in 2008, citing the hate biases that compelled a group of teens to attack the Ecuadorean victim, who became a symbol of flaws in America's immigration system.
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
364.1523 Oj
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