Fractured Memories, Mended Lives: The Schooling Experiences of Latinas/os in Rural Areas

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Abstract

This study explored how Mexican immigrant and first-generation Mexican youth resist, conform to, and persist in schooling. Using Latino Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) as a framework, evidence of the "sticky mess" of racial inequalities (Espinoza & Harris, 1997) was shown to impact the lives of all participants. However, the strength of community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005, 2006) mitigated the youths' negative school experiences. Analysis of the dialogic semistructured focal group interviews that comprise the data set focused on the students' family, life in Mexico, and schooling experiences both in Mexico and the U.S.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)228-243
Number of pages16
JournalBilingual Research Journal: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education
Volume36
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Sep 2013

EGS Disciplines

  • Education

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