Between Drama and Danger: The Effects of Latino Second Graders' Identities on Gendered Patterns in School Success
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2013
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
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While it is often seen as natural for me, as a woman, to study gender, it is frequently questioned why I have chosen to focus this research project on a minority group to which I do not belong. The implication is that I perhaps could not understand, or should not be concerned about, the experiences of Latino students. It is true that I have not personally had the experience of moving to a country where I don't speak the language, and being thrown into a school system there. However, this experience is something more and more students in American public schools have had, and a close look at what that experience is like is necessary in thinking about the future of American schools, if they are truly to benefit all students. The question of what it is like to go through U.S. public schools as a Latino immigrant is not just a "Latino issue", but an educator's issue.