Paradox of Performing Exceptionalism: Complicating the Deserving/Underserving Binary of Undocumented Youth Attending Elite Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Anguiano, Claudia A.; Nájera, Lourdes Gutiérrez
Titel	Paradox of Performing Exceptionalism: Complicating the Deserving/Underserving Binary of Undocumented Youth Attending Elite Institutions
Quelle	In: Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 9 (2015) 2, S.45-56 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Undocumented Immigrants; Selective Admission; College Attendance; Racial Bias; Activism; Social Integration; Social Isolation; Classification; Resilience (Psychology); Social Bias; Personal Narratives; Educational Experience; College Students; Student Attitudes; Private Colleges; Academic Persistence; Family Relationship; Interviews; Qualitative Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Illegaler Aufenthalt; Bildungsselektion; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Soziale Integration; Soziale Isolation; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Erlebniserzählung; Bildungserfahrung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Privathochschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	This article examines the problematic labels of "deserving" and "undeserving" within a broader context of undocumented immigration. Specifically, we interrogate the categorization of "deservingness" that imposes distinctions between "good" versus "bad" immigrants. We demonstrate these categories are assumed and subverted by undocumented youth in order to challenge disempowerment and racism experienced at both an interpersonal and institutional level. Our findings reveal how narratives of hard work and perseverance mitigate stigma to help youth reframe narratives of "undeservingness" at a micro-level of analysis. By contrast, racialization shapes individuals' experiences and motivations for activism at the macro-level. This study highlights narrative strategies used by youth to frame their accounts of inclusion and exclusion. It also contributes to the scholarship of undocumented youth in higher education through its examination of the experiences of Latin@ undocumented students in northeastern elite private institutions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01