Title: Citizens but Not Americans: Race and Belonging among Latino Millennials
Author: Nilda Flores-González
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN-13:9781479840779
Latino millennials constitute the second largest segment of the millennial population and will have a significant social, economic, and political impact on U.S. society. In this volume, Nilda Flores-González examines how Latino millennials understand and experience race and develop notions of belonging. Based on nearly one hundred interviews, Flores-González argues that though these young Latinos are U.S. citizens by birth, they do not feel part of the “American project,” and remain at the margins. The book explores how ancestry, skin color, social class, gender, language and culture shape their feelings of belonging as they navigate everyday racialization.
Title: Succeeders: How Immigrant Youth Are Transforming What It Means to Belong in America
Author: Andrea Flores
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13: 9780520376854.
This book challenges dominant representations of the so-called American Dream, those “patriotic” narratives that focus on personal achievement as the way to become an American. This narrative misaligns with the lived experience of many first- and second-generation Latino immigrant youth who thrive because of the nurture of their loved ones. A story of social reproduction and change, The Succeeders illustrates how ideological struggles over who belongs in this country, who is valuable, and who is an American are worked out by young people through their ordinary acts of striving in school and caring for friends and family.
Title: The Latino Threat: How Alarmist Rhetoric Misrepresents Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation
Author: Leo R. Chavez
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 9781503642539
News media and pundits often portray Latinos, both US-born and immigrants, as an invading force threatening the American way of life. Leo R. Chavez challenges this assumption and other myths examining the fears and prejudices used to malign an entire population. This updated third edition incorporates Donald Trump's emergence in American politics, the US-Mexico border as political theater and the intensification of anti-Latino and anti-immigration rhetoric. It also addresses "anchor babies," Dreamers and DACA, white replacement theory, and the psychological effects of negative political rhetoric, raising urgent questions about what it means to be American.
Title: Latino Americans: The 500-year Legacy That Shaped a Nation
Author: Ray Suarez
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-13: 978045123846
Chronicling the rich and varied history of Latinos in the United States, Latino Americans, by acclaimed journalist Ray Suarez, tells how their story is the story of our country. Spanning five hundred years, this book explores the lives of Latino American men and women, from early European settlements and Manifest Destiny to the Wild West, the Cold War, the Great Depression, globalization, and the civil rights movement. Through the personal struggles and successes of immigrants, poets, soldiers, and many others, Suarez highlights those who have shaped the nation’s history and whose lives shed light on their times.
Title: Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas
Authors: Rita Portales and Marco Portales
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 9780292706644
As educators and legislators debate how to improve public schools, the most vital factor often disappears from the equation—the relationship between teacher student. According to veteran educators Rita and Marco Portales, this relationship is central to education, especially Latino/a students who face barriers to school success because of racism, insufficient English-language skills, and cultural differences with the educational establishment. To break down these barriers and help Latino/a stud ents acquire a quality education, the Portaleses focus on the teacher-student relationship and offer a proven method to strengthen students´ print and oral skills.
Title: The Magic Key: The Educational Journey of Mexican Americans from K–12 to College and Beyond
Editors: Ruth Enid Zambrana and Sylvia Hurtado
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 9781477307250
The Magic Key explains the context of Mexican American higher education, providing conceptual understandings, insights into contemporary college experiences, and implications for educational policy and future practices. The authors create a comparative approach that brings Mexican Americans’ lived experiences into the dominant discourse of social science and education. This diverse set of studies presents quantitative and qualitative data by gender to examine trends of generations of Mexican American college students, provides information on perceptions of welcoming university climates, and proffers insights on emergent issues in the field of higher education for this population.
Title: The Starting Line: Latina/o Children, Texas Schools, and National Debates on Early Education
Author: Robert Crosnoe
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 9781477322383
How can we create high-quality learning environments for children from socially, politically, and economically marginalized groups? How do early childhood programs help overcome poverty´s challenges? Seeking to answer these questions, The Starting Line delves into the ups and downs of early education programs serving Latinas/os in Texas, using the state as a window into broader debates about academic opportunity and the changing demographics of the US. Giving voice to bilingual educators and low-income Latina/o families, this book explores the strengths and needs of what will soon be the largest share of the US child population.
Title: Latino High School Graduation: Defying the Odds
Author: Harriet D. Romo and Toni Falbo
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN-13: 97880292724952
In this pioneering work, Romo and Falbo reveal how a group of at-risk Latino students defied the odds and earned a high school diploma. The authors tracked the progress of 100 students in Austin, Texas, from 1989 to 1993. Drawing on interviews with the students and their parents, school records, and fieldwork, the authors identify the obstacles that caused many students to drop out and the successful strategies that other students and their parents pursued to ensure high school graduation. The authors conclude with seven far-reaching recommendations for changes in the public schools.
