Complicating College Access: Understanding Compliance and Resistance for Latinx Youth in Suburbia

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Abstract

This qualitative study examines the experiences of Latinx youth and mainly white staff of the Academic Scholars Program, a college access program that operated in an affluent suburban high school. Guided by Critical Race Theory and Critical Whiteness Studies, the findings highlight the constraints Latinx youth and staff faced and how they resisted assimilative practices.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)349-371
Number of pages23
JournalAnthropology and Education Quarterly
Volume54
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • college access
  • Latinx youth
  • resistance
  • suburban schools

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Anthropology

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