... economically than racially consequential, the negligible overlap between Latino and techie demographics means that the possible disappearance of Latino San Francisco is very real. This essay uses the famed murals of the Mission District as the lens through which we can see Latinos’ complex and historical...

... dropped from almost 25 percent in 1970 to less than 10 percent in 2010. Perhaps this demographic shift, coupled with the full mural’s removal from public view, has made it difficult to remember that Bearden’s Berkeley originated in a moment of racially charged civic conflict. Bearden’s Berkeley envisions...

... as America's immigration capital has spiritual as well as cultural and political ramifications. © 2011 by the Regents of the University of California 2011 murals chicano art gangs religion 6 boomca l i f o r n i a . c om Boom: A Journal of California, Vol. 1, Number 4, pps 6 9. ISSN 2153-8018...