Anzaldúa, DuBois, and Bell: Examining Oppression and Resistance Within and Beyond the Latina/o Pipeline

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session draws on the scholarship and activism of Gloria E. Anzaldúa, W.E.B. DuBois, and Derrick Bell, to examine the experiences of Latina/o students within and beyond the academic pipeline. These public scholars who dedicated their lives to creating knowledge for and about Communities of Color help us understand how oppression and resistance can coexist in education. While DuBois and Bell highlight how racism functions to dehumanize Communities of Color, Anzaldúa helps us seek “third spaces” where possibilities of transformation lie. Our goal in putting this panel together is twofold: 1) to showcase our use of the theoretical concepts of these public scholars to challenge dominant western discourse; and 2) to explore the multidimensional ways Latina/o students engage in resistance.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Education in Mulitcultural Contexts Within and Across Subject Areas

Chair

• Daniel Gilbert Solorzano, University of California - Los Angeles

Papers

• Searching for Hope Amid Racial Realism: Inheriting a Legacy of Both Oppression and Resistance - Socorro Morales, University of Utah

• Whose Education Is at Stake When Our Interests Don't Converge? An Analysis of California Community Colleges - Tanya Gaxiola, University of California - Los Angeles

• Teaching and Learning in the Borderlands: An Anzalduan Approach to K–12 Education - Sylvia Mendoza, University of Houston

• A Pedagogy of the Borderlands: Exploring Chicana Mother-Daughter Pedagogies Within and Across Borders - Alma Itze Flores, University of California - Los Angeles