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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Latinas/os"”.
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Exploring how Skin Color and Racial Identity Modify the Relationship between Perceptions of Racism and Psychological Distress among Latinas/os
… have on the racial socialization experiences of Latinas/os. Additional research questions in the current investigation examined the relationship between skin color and experiences of racial discrimination and skin color with racial identity status attitudes. Participants in the study were 491 …
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"We've Got Something More to Prove Here": Racial-Ethnic and Social Class Identities and the Challenges Facing Latina/o College Students
<p>Latinas/os are one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States. In fact, the United States Census Bureau projects that by the year 2050, the numbers of Hispanics will more than double, increasing from the current figure of 50.5 million to 102.6 million. Despite such rapid …
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Afro-Latinx Transnational Identities: Adults in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Area
… paper examines the identity construction of Afro-Latinas/os/x in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Area. Marginalized communities predominately Black and Latina/ o/x concentrated are at the epicenter of disenfranchisement caused by the globalization of neoliberalism. Neoliberal reforms to …
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A case study of Latina/o students at a community college in the Midwest
… students a critical access point to pursue a post- secondary education. The existing literature of Latina/o community college students has primarily focused on capturing the educational shortcomings of Latina/o students along the Mexican-U.S. borderlands. The rapid growth of the Latina/o …
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A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools
… in the educational workforce. As such, the purpose of this narrative inquiry is to explore the experiences of Latinas/os who are teaching in urban school districts. The central question addressed by this narrative inquiry was: To what do Latina/o teachers attribute to their academic and career …
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Gente Estudiada: Latina/o students confronting and engaging home/community knowledge within/outside institutions of higher education
As a group, Latinas/os are transforming the demographic profile of U.S. colleges and universities. More Latinas/os are pursuing postsecondary education with a total of 69% of Latina/o high school graduates enrolling in college compared to 67% of whites (Fry & Taylor, 2013). However, data shows that …
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Home making in small-town America: Mexican and Latina/o diasporas and citizenship practices in the Midwest
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"Cuando lleguemos": Narrativas Latinx del siglo XXI
… and other sociocultural contexts. Referring to Latinas/os or Hispanics in the United States, the term not only problematizes national categories associated with Latinidades but also suggests a more inclusive vision of gender and sexual identities that transcends heteronormative binaries. The "x" …
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Redefining America through opera: Representations of Latin/o Americans and a new tradition
This dissertation examines Latina/o opera composition in the United States and argues that starting from the mid 1980s to the present, the bourgeoning trend to produce operas of the Latina/o and Latin American experience is indicative of the development of an emergent sub-genre of American operatic …