RT Article
T1 Battling for Human Rights and Social Justice: A Latina/o Critical Race Media Analysis of Latina/o Student Youth Activism in the Wake of 2006 Anti-immigrant Sentiment
JF Social justice
VO 35
IS 1
SP 7
OP 27
A1 Vélez, Veronica
A1 Huber, Lindsay Perez
A1 Lopez, Corina Benavides
A1 Luz, Ariana
A1 Solórzano, Daniel G.
A2 Huber, Lindsay Perez
A2 Lopez, Corina Benavides
A2 Luz, Ariana
A2 Solórzano, Daniel G.
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747156973
AB Part of a special issue on Latino citizenship and social justice. A study was conducted to examine Latino youth activism in response to proposed immigration legislation in 2006. Data were obtained from an analysis of 108 articles about Latino youth activists from major U.S. newspapers between March 1 and May 31, 2006. Findings revealed that, although the papers portrayed some youth activism as positive, reporters mostly discredited it and reinforced pre-existing, mostly negative, ideas about young Latinos; references to “truancy” and “deviance” stopped just short of calling these young people criminals for leaving their schools, and went beyond suggesting they were naive or uninformed because of their youth. Findings suggested that these negative portrayals were due to the fact that these young people or their families come from another culture. Findings are discussed in detail.
K1 Legislative bills
K1 Immigration law -- United States
K1 Student movements -- United States
K1 Immigration policy
K1 Legal status of Hispanic Americans
K1 Hispanic American students
K1 Political Participation
K1 Hispanic American Youth
K1 Immigrants -- Civil rights
K1 Hispanic Americans
K1 Civil Rights