Going Native in the Orange

Empire

by Genevieve Carpio, Ph.D.Clay Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of HistoryYale University

Racial Movements

Citizenship, Mobility, and the

Making of the Inland Empire

Narratives of mobility and settlement

are central to maintaining

hierarchical racial categories that

protect uneven access to land, labor,

and cultural citizenship

Article I:

“Persons born in this State are not eligible to

membership.”

The navel orange origin story leaves out two central characters

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Historical Society of Pomona Valley

Inland Mexican Heritage

Southern California Library

USC Institute for Media Literacy

genevieve.carpio@yale.edu

Going Native in the Orange

Empire

by Genevieve Carpio, Ph.D.Clay Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of HistoryYale University