Model (Undocumented) Minorities and "Illegal" Immigrants: Centering Asian Americans and US Carcerality in Undocumented Student Discourse

Autor/in	Lachica Buenavista, Tracy
Titel	Model (Undocumented) Minorities and "Illegal" Immigrants: Centering Asian Americans and US Carcerality in Undocumented Student Discourse
Quelle	In: Race, Ethnicity and Education, 21 (2018) 1, S.78-91 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361-3324
DOI	10.1080/13613324.2016.1248823
Schlagwörter	Undocumented Immigrants; Asian Americans; Ethnic Stereotypes; Social Bias; Social Influences; Political Influences; Discipline; Punishment; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Critical Theory; Race; Resilience (Psychology); College Students; Semi Structured Interviews; Young Adults; Late Adolescents; Fear; Negative Attitudes; California (Los Angeles) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Illegaler Aufenthalt; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Sozialer Einfluss; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Disziplin; Bestrafung; Jugendstrafvollzug; Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Collegestudent; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Halbstarker; Furcht; Negative Fixierung
Abstract	As the numbers of immigrant apprehensions, detentions, and deportations increase, and in context of anti-immigrant sentiment, education scholars must better contend with the way that carcerality affects undocumented student experiences. Carcerality refers to social and political systems that formally and informally promote discipline, punishment, and incarceration. Guided by Critical Race Theory, I examine interview data from 15 undocumented Asian Americans to show that the portrayal of undocumented student exceptionalism that typically characterizes the discourse on their experiences obscures the centrality of carcerality in shaping how young people with undocumented status navigate their lives. The narratives of undocumented Asian Americans represent a shift in undocumented discourse as these students de-emphasized their academic mobility, demonstrated a hyper-awareness of punitive immigration policies, and were traumatized by and practiced nondisclosure in response to deportation threats. However, while these students developed resistance strategies that they believed would both physically and psychologically protect their presence in the US, some reinforced white supremacist perceptions of the illegality of other undocumented immigrants. Undocumented Asian American experiences illuminate the nuanced relationship between the criminalization of undocumented immigrants, race, and education, and how a legacy of carcerality is vital to deciphering the contemporary educational experiences of undocumented students in the US. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01