ERIC Number: EJ1246100
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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The Rationalization of College Attainment through a Color-Blind Lens among Latina(o) Students
Ayala, María Isabel
Journal of Latinos and Education, v19 n2 p107-119 2020
This research addresses how Latinas(os) frame their own college attainment by relying on the color-blind ideology, an underexplored area. Using interviews with Latina(o) students who attend a primarily White institution in the Midwest, I examined how they reproduce color-blind racism through their reliance on frames such as abstract liberalism, cultural racism, and minimization of racism in rationalizing their college attainment. The analysis revealed that Latina(o) college students' reliance on these frames varied by skin color and gender. In this, I stress the diversity within the Latina(o) population, which the dichotomous paradigm of race often dismisses.
Descriptors: College Students, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Attainment, Racial Bias, Institutional Characteristics, Disproportionate Representation, Racial Identification, Ideology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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