TY - JOUR
T1 - She doesn’t even act Mexican
T2 - smartness trespassing in the new south
AU - Carrillo, Juan F.
AU - Rodriguez, Esmeralda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Historically, Latin@s have experienced deficit thinking as it relates to their perceived academic abilities. In North Carolina’s emerging Latin@ population, the first waves of K-12 students are writing a new chapter in the state’s history. Yet, there is a dearth of research that focuses on the identities of academically successful Latin@ students in the state. This qualitative study examines the politics and discrimination associated with claiming a ‘smart identity’ in the new south by documenting the experiences of a high-achieving Latina high school student. We introduce and use the term, ‘smartness trespassing,’ to capture this tension.
AB - Historically, Latin@s have experienced deficit thinking as it relates to their perceived academic abilities. In North Carolina’s emerging Latin@ population, the first waves of K-12 students are writing a new chapter in the state’s history. Yet, there is a dearth of research that focuses on the identities of academically successful Latin@ students in the state. This qualitative study examines the politics and discrimination associated with claiming a ‘smart identity’ in the new south by documenting the experiences of a high-achieving Latina high school student. We introduce and use the term, ‘smartness trespassing,’ to capture this tension.
KW - Latin@ education
KW - New Latino diaspora
KW - race and ethnicity
KW - smartness
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U2 - 10.1080/13613324.2016.1168547
DO - 10.1080/13613324.2016.1168547
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981714815
SN - 1361-3324
VL - 19
SP - 1236
EP - 1246
JO - Race Ethnicity and Education
JF - Race Ethnicity and Education
IS - 6
ER -