The Journey towards Lives Well Lived: Carceral Schooling and the Educational Trajectories of Chicanx Youth

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Abstract

The author examines how the cumulative effects of exclusionary discipline and racial microaggressions operate as a form of symbolic violence informed through carceral logics, which often mediate the educational trajectories of Chicanx students.This paper works towards informing a discussion of how carceral schooling informs the way students make meaning of their experiences with racial microaggressions and exclusionary school discipline, and how their responses have a consequential impact on their schooling aspirations. Finally, through a sociohistorical perspective and oral histories, the author also illuminates how these now adult men with professional careers navigate, resist, and transition to live lives well lived.

Author

• Maria C. Malagon, California State University - Fullerton