Reading the World Through Ethnic Studies: Teachers of Color Cultivating the Racial Literacies of Latine/x and Latin American Immigrant Youth in Secondary Schools

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The papers in this symposium examine the critical and racial literacies of Ethnic Studies-trained teachers and their Latine/x and Latin American immigrant students as they engage in examinations of power, oppression, and racism. Presenting findings from three distinct empirical qualitative studies, this symposium speaks to the complexity, heterogeneity, and possibilities within the cultivation of critical and racial literacies in communities that have often been treated as monolithic.

Content Area

• AREA 7. Critical, Cultural, and Social Issues of Literacy Practices In and Out of School

Chair

• Alice Y Lee, University of California, Riverside

Discussant

• Cati de los Rios, UC Berkeley

Individual Presentations

• Toward Transnational Racial Literacies: Latin American Newcomer Youth in Ethnic Studies Classrooms - Rita Kamani-Renedo, Stanford University

• Beyond “Race Talk”: Latinx Students Speaking Back to and Resisting Racism via Ethnic Studies - Arturo Nevarez, California State University Stanislaus

• “I almost quit at the beginning of the year”: First-Year Teachers of Color Engaging Racial Literacy to Navigate the Sociopolitical Climates of their Secondary Schools - Corinna D. Ott, University of California, Riverside