Michael Staudenmaier’s White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago presents a fascinating historical analysis of how the Puerto Rican community in Chicago developed its conception of race and ethnicity in the latter half of the twentieth century. The book argues that Puerto Ricans moved from conceiving themselves as primarily white, to an understanding of themselves as “Latinos.” White, Black, Brown also contends that the change in racial and ethnic conception was intimately tied to evolving nationalist rhetoric and feelings. To see how discourses change throughout the years, the book discusses different influential political movements including the Partido Popular Democrático, Read more