Hunting season : immigration and murder in an all-American town /
Ojito, Mirta A.
Hunting season : immigration and murder in an all-American town / Mirta Ojito. - xii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-252).
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.
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.
0807001813 (cloth) 9780807001813 (cloth)
2013023313
Immigrants--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Latin Americans--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Murder--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Racism--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--Case studies.
Hunting season : immigration and murder in an all-American town / Mirta Ojito. - xii, 252 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-252).
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.
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.
0807001813 (cloth) 9780807001813 (cloth)
2013023313
Immigrants--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Latin Americans--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Murder--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Racism--New York (State)--Patchogue--Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Case studies.
Patchogue (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations--Case studies.