Latinx Education Policy and Resistance in the Trump Era

López, Patricia D.; Pérez, William

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“…The extreme xenophobic nature of political rhetoric creates challenges in many realms—educational, social, political, economic, mental, and physical health—and thus is concerning to psychologists, community advocates, educators, and all who work to promote health, safety, and well-being (López & Pérez, 2018; Nguyen & Kebede, 2017). The American Psychological Association (APA) has posted several helpful links to their website (apa.org) regarding the mental health needs of immigrants and strategies to provide good access to support and care.…”

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“…Although the current national sociopolitical climate creates a broad atmosphere for anti-immigrant bias in the United States (López & Pérez, 2018; Nguyen & Kebede, 2017), there are also important regional and local differences in the reception of Latinx immigrants at the community level (Flores et al, 2011; Portes & Rumbaut, 2001; Valdivia et al, 2008). Latinx immigrant groups have moved to areas in the United States not traditionally home to large communities of international newcomers and in so doing have created new immigrant receiving areas (Winders & Smith, 2012).…”

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Striving to thrive: Community cultural wealth and legal immigration status.

Martinez¹,

Dye²,

González³

et al. 2021

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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Researchers in this qualitative study explored the perspectives and experiences of individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status or without authorized immigration status in a way that was strengths-based and humanizing, as opposed to critical and blaming. The researchers drew from a community cultural wealth (CCW) theoretical model in order to focus on the resilience and persistence of people who are striving and attempting to thrive in a new receiving area in the southeast U.S. Twelve Latinx participants in new immigrant communities were interviewed. An interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) qualitative research design was employed and themes identified. The themes reflected participants experiences (e.g., wanting a chance to contribute, experiencing discrimination, seeking to be acknowledged as human beings, persisting in spite of adversity, being an ambassador to English speaking groups), which were organized post-hoc under the CCW framework. The discussion includes recommendations to recognize and bolster these strengths in the community as well as confronting the structural biases that undermine them. Findings in this study are significant for psychologists and other helping professionals in emerging immigrant communities who may need tools to push back on deficit-based narratives about immigrants. Public Significance StatementWe believe this article will be of interest to the readership of the journal because the perspectives and experiences of individuals with DACA status or without authorized immigration status need to be heard from a strengths-based and humanizing perspective, as opposed to critical blaming. We build upon Yosso's (2005) theory of cultural and community wealth, with some flexible application to a new regional context. It is timely at the current juncture in the political and social life of our country, when psychologists and other health care providers are seeing increased negative impacts for the Latinx immigrant community, particularly the portion that does not have permanent legal status. We hope to make a contribution by providing a pathway for the perspectives and insights of the community members to be heard, most particularly those in an understudied emerging immigrant area in the southeast.

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Striving to thrive: Community cultural wealth and legal immigration status.

Martinez¹,

Dye²,

González³

et al. 2021

Journal of Latinx Psychology

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“…Además, es posible que estos estudiantes reciban el doble de la discriminación. Por un lado, el simple hecho de ser inmigrantes tiene hoy en día una connotación negativa en los Estados Unidos (López & Pérez, 2018). Por otro lado, muchos estudiantes indígenas que vienen de una larga historia de opresión en sus países de origen en América Latina, son objeto de discriminación por personas de sus propias naciones o región, lo cual es con frecuencia ignorado por sus profesores por desconocimiento.…”

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Descubriendo los Recursos Culturales de Estudiantes Indígenas Latinoamericanos a través de la Literatura

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Mojica

et al. 2020

Journal of Latinos and Education

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While educators and researchers make notable progress for Spanish speaking students in the United States, Latin American indigenous students are a growing, yet overlooked population with rich cultural resources, including additional languages, that often remain hidden. In this article, we share how culturally relevant literature facilitated a teacher's discovery of a Guatemalan student's unique linguistic and cultural strengths as a member of the Kaqchikel people. In order to help other educators develop an awareness of indigenous students' often veiled cultural roots, we shed light on native people groups in Latin America and their growing presence in U.S. schools. Through this account of a teacher learning about the languages and literacies of her student, we explain how culturally relevant texts may be a key element in discovering indigenous students' hidden cultural and linguistic strengths. The authors suggest other texts and resources to assist educators to identify and better serve students from various people groups in Latin America.

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“…In addition, we painfully acknowledge the power and contemporary relevance of such narratives (and the racialized tropes that shape them) as our current social and political climate is rife with examples of their lasting impact. For example, in a recent special issue call, researchers López and Pérez (2017) center the systemic racism seen in current public and educational policy decisions post-Trump. They state that the current political climate has "confronted us all with the perpetual existence of systemic racism and xenophobia that has arguably been concealed by post-racial rhetoric" (para.…”

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The Mañana Complex: A Revelatory Narrative of Teachers’ White Innocence and Racial Disgust Toward Mexican–American Children

2019

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This paper presents selected findings from an ethnographic case study of at a public junior high school. Analysis of White teachers' discourse implicated a perspective of Mexican-American children that we describe as a mañana complex, a perceived association between Mexican-Americans and the term "mañana" (Spanish: "tomorrow"). We outline how this mañana complex among White teachers is indicative of historical racial tropes of Mexicans in the United States while also reflecting current anti-Mexican discourse emboldened and made more fervent by the current US presidential administration. Ultimately, the mañana complex is an example of both racial disgust toward Mexican-American children (Matias and Zembylas in Crit Stud Educ 55(3):319-337, 2014) and presumptions of White innocence and neutrality (Orozco in Crit Stud Educ, 2017.

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Latinx Education Policy and Resistance in the Trump Era

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Striving to thrive: Community cultural wealth and legal immigration status.

Striving to thrive: Community cultural wealth and legal immigration status.

Descubriendo los Recursos Culturales de Estudiantes Indígenas Latinoamericanos a través de la Literatura

The Mañana Complex: A Revelatory Narrative of Teachers’ White Innocence and Racial Disgust Toward Mexican–American Children

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