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Debunking the Grit Narrative and Drawing on the Strengths of Black and Latinx College Students
Fri, April 13, 4:05 to 6:05pm, New York Marriott Marquis, Floor: Fourth Floor, GilbertSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
In this session, we examine pressing issues currently impacting African American/Latinx students; from accessing college, disrupting the school-to-prison-nexus, to accessing and succeeding in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, we interrogate how systems and structures shape definitions of merit and grit that constrain opportunities to attain access and equitable educational outcomes using the asset-based work of scholars such as Yosso (2006) and Ladson-Billings (1995; 1998; 2006) to challenge widely-held beliefs about grit and notions of merit among students of color.
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From High School to College: Enacting Community Cultural Wealth to Challenging the School-Prison Nexus - Nancy Acevedo-Gil, California State University - San Bernardino
Raced/Racial Constructions of Merit and "Grit" in STEM Higher Education - Deborah F. Carter, Claremont Graduate University; Juanita Razo Dueñas, Claremont Graduate University
An Antideficit Approach to African American STEM Degree Attainment - Melissa M. Mahoney, Loyola Marymount University
A Model Recognizing the Community Cultural Wealth of Students of Color Within an Institutional Context - Angela M. Locks, California State University - Long Beach; Rocio Mendoza, Claremont Graduate University