ERIC Number: EJ1415427
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1534-8431
EISSN: EISSN-1532-771X
"It Snows Year-Round Here": A Counterstory about Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx Students' Experiences with Racism at a Predominantly White University in the Northeast
Journal of Latinos and Education, v23 n2 p455-473 2024
Using critical race theory counterstorytelling, I tell a story about the experiences of Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx (MMAX) undergraduate students at a private, predominantly white university in the Northeast. Drawing on in-depth interviews, participant observations, pláticas, and document analyses, I highlight the various ways MMAX students experience discrimination on campus. More specifically, discrimination and unsettledness are experienced by MMAX students through the following ways: 1) Racist Name Calling and Racial Slurs; 2) Discrimination by Professors; and 3) Class Discussions as Microaggressions. Through counterstories like this one, I argue that we can shed light on injustices while staying true to our ancestral ways of knowing and make our research accessible to communities historically excluded from academia.
Descriptors: Student Experience, Hispanic American Students, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, Predominantly White Institutions, College Students, Minority Group Students, Racism, College Environment, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment
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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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