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Mercado-López, Larissa M.; Alamillo, Laura; Herrera, Cristina – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2018
This article examines the recent tradition of decorating and re-fashioning graduation caps, also known as mortarboards, by Chicanx/Latinx graduates. We describe this practice as StoryBoarding, a form of micro-storytelling tales of Chicana/Latina agency and resistance that counter, expose, and challenge institutionalized forms of racism. Many…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Story Telling, Racial Bias, Ceremonies
Ochoa, Gilda L. – Rethinking Schools, 2011
In June, more than 40 years after the Los Angeles Unified School District tried to fire Sal Castro for his leadership of the 1968 Chicana/o Blowouts, it came full circle and named a middle school after him. As a young teacher, Castro was a key organizer of the 1968 student walkouts (called "blowouts" by the youth), when as many as 40,000…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Mexican Americans, School Districts, Youth Leaders
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Menard-Warwick, Julia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006
Through narratives taken from life history interviews with an indigenous Mexican male immigrant in California, this paper examines the connection between masculinities and the learning of dominant languages associated with access to economic opportunities. In portraying the teller's engagements with work and education in both countries, these life…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Mexicans, Males, Immigrants