Chicano : Zootsuitor, Illegal Immigrant and Brown Beret.

Prompt: Provide a historical account of the construction of a Chicanx criminal subject throughout the 20thCentury, focusing on the 1940s (Zoot-Suitor), 1970s (Brown Beret) and 1990’s (Illegal Immigrant). How did each of these “criminal subjects” threaten the interests of capital and/or Anglo society, what discourses circulated about them, and how were they policed by Anglo and/or Chicano communities? Suggested readings: Escobar, Alvarez, Haney-Lopez, Rodriquez, Chacon-Davis Should include the page number for quotation