Controlling Images of Space: Latina Teachers and Racial Positioning in Multiracial Schools

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda M. Flores
Keyword(s):  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Latina Teachers ◽  
Racial Ideologies ◽  
Controlling Images ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Racial Hierarchies ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Controlling images, which are hegemonic racial ideologies that permeate social institutions, have been applied to racial/ethnic minority groups and individuals, but much less to space. In this article, I show how controlling images of school district space affect Latina teachers’ perceptions of immigrant Latinas/os racial positioning in U.S. racial hierarchies. Drawing on ethnographic data collected from two Southern California multiracial school districts, I find that Latina teachers working in Compton—a city comprising primarily Latino immigrants—are initially encouraged to leave for districts that are not associated with the “Black underclass.” Latina teachers in Rosemead, an ethnoburb comprising primarily Latinos and Asians, on the other hand, enroll their children there, and are able to access resources the more class heterogeneous Asian population provides. Ultimately, Latina teachers perceive undocumented Latina/o immigrants to be below African Americans and Asian Americans in local racial hierarchies due to political ostracism and relative valorization, respectively.

Co-ethnic Cultural Guardianship

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda M. Flores
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
Latino Immigrants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Asian Students ◽  
The Political ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Latina Teachers ◽  
Controlling Images ◽  
Racial Hierarchies

Chapter 4 provides a window into how Latina teachers navigate their professional lives with mostly African American and Asian colleagues, students, and parents. Controlling images of school district space—in this case the schools these Latina teachers work for—influence racial positioning between Latina teachers and non-Latinos because the context of reception disadvantages Latino students, hastening their predisposition toward them. Latina teachers working in Compton—a city consisting primarily of Latino immigrants—describe having been encouraged to leave for school districts and workplaces that are not associated with the “Black underclass.” Latina teachers in Rosemead, an ethnoburb consisting primarily of Latinos and Asians, on the other hand, enroll their children there and are able to access resources the more class-heterogeneous Asian population provides. Ultimately, Latina teachers perceive undocumented Latina/o immigrants to be below African Americans and Asian Americans in local racial hierarchies as a result of the political ostracism of the first group and the valorization of the second group. This process provides the impetus for co-ethnic cultural guardianship to develop. This chapter also provides an explanation for the absence of guardianship directed toward Black or Asian students.

From “Middle Class” to “Trailer Trash:” Teachers' Perceptions of White Students in a Predominately Minority School

2005 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Low Income ◽  
White Students ◽  
White Teachers ◽  
Black Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This article explores how teachers perceived and interacted with white students in a predominately racial/ethnic minority school in Texas. On the basis of ethnographic data, the author found that different teachers expressed different views of the family and class backgrounds of white students in this setting, which ranged from “middle class” to “trailer trash.” These views of social class stemmed from how teachers interpreted the whiteness of students in this predominately minority context and influenced how they reacted to these students academically. An interesting finding was that the black teachers and the white teachers had different perceptions of these white students. The black teachers typically saw the white students as middle class and good students, whereas the white teachers tended to view the students as low income and unremarkable students. The results of this study clarify the processes of teachers' perceptions and white advantage.

Conclusion and Epilogue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda M. Flores
Keyword(s):  
Latino Students ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Latino Families ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Latino Culture ◽  
Structural Racism ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Latina Teachers ◽  
American Children ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The book concludes with a summary of its main contributions. This workplace ethnography provides the reader with a gendered account of the racial dynamics in multiracial schools and finds that there are larger racial/ethnic stereotypes and hierarchies that emerge among racial/ethnic minority groups in the white-collar world and professions. The Conclusion explains that Latina teachers heavily guard Latino culture in schools and become ethnic mobility agents to deflect racism against their Latino students, but there is a cost to some students, especially African American children and those Latino students who do not fit the mold of deserving aid. While structural racism influences their jobs, culture is a vehicle to promote educational success. It describes whether Chicana/Latina cultural pedagogies can be learned and implemented by non-Latina teachers and ends with a discussion of the possible negative repercussions of Chicana/Latina cultural pedagogies in multiethnic metropolitan regions across the nation as Latino families settle in new immigrant gateways. It also provides policy implications for educational reform for students who attend schools in multiracial spaces.

ARE HEALTH INSURANCE ITEM ALLOCATIONS IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY MISSING COMPLETELY AT RANDOM?

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
C. SIORDIA
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
American Community Survey ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Missing Responses ◽  
Missing Completely At Random ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Background:Item allocation (the assignment of plausible values to missing or illogical responses insurvey studies) is at times necessary in the production of complete data sets. In the American Community Survey(ACS), missing responses to health insurance coverage questions are allocated. Objectives:Because allocationrates may vary as a function of compositional characteristics, this project investigates how seven different healthinsurance coverage items vary in their degree of allocation along basic demographic variables. Methods: Datafrom the ACS 2010 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample file are used in a logistic regression model and tocalculate allocations rates. Results:The findings reveal that: males; people aged 65 and older; those who speakEnglish “very well” or “well”; US citizens; those out-of-poverty; and all racial/ethnic minority groups havehigher odds of experiencing a health insurance item allocation relative to their counterparts. Conclusions: Sincehealth insurance coverage allocations vary by demographic characteristics, further research is needed toinvestigate their mechanisms of missingness and how these may have implications for frailty related research.

scholarly journals Will 'Deaths of Despair' among Whites Change How We Talk about Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities?

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Brown ◽  
Reginald Tucker-Seeley
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Deaths Of Despair ◽  
Racial Ethnic

<p>The recent trend of premature death among Whites in the United States has garnered attention in both the popular and academic literature. This attention has focused on the plight of low socioeconomic status Whites in non-urban areas. The population health lit­erature in general and the health disparities literature more specifically has struggled to describe differences in health when White groups present worse health outcomes or worsening trends compared with racial/ ethnic minority groups. There remain many open questions as population health/health disparities research attempts to explain the increasing mortality rates for low socioeco­nomic status Whites in non-urban areas in relationship to other racial/ethnic groups. As the conversation in the academic and popular literature continues to unfold, a key question for population health research and practice is how will the ‘deaths of despair’ phenomenon among Whites influence our measuring of, and reporting and interven­ing on, race/ethnic health disparities? <em></em></p><p><em>Ethn Dis. </em>2018;28(2):123-128; doi:10.18865/ ed.28.2.123.</p>

Immigration, Multiculturalism, and the Social Contract

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Heath
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Institutional Expectations ◽  
Internal Coherence

Since the failure of the Meech Lake constitutional reforms and the crisis of national unity prompted by the most recent Quebec referendum, the Canadian Multiculturalism Act has been subjected to particularly intense and hostile scrutiny. While some of the criticism of this policy reflects merely parochial adherence to particular cultural or religious traditions, some of it has raised more significant doubts about the internal coherence, efficacy, and overall desirability of the policy. Most importantly, the multiculturalism policy is faulted for attempting to pursue two simultaneously unachievable goals, viz., to integrate ethnic minority groups into the dominant institutions of the society, while at the same time to protect them against various pressures to assimilate to the dominant culture. Critics have pointed out that social institutions and cultural values are interdependent. Not only do cultural value systems provide the central legitimations for social institutions, but the internalization of these values through socialization processes provides agents with their primary motivation for conforming to institutional expectations. This means that integrating an agent into a system of institutions can only be achieved by assimilating the agent to its underlying cultural system.

scholarly journals Eradicating Racism: An Endocrine Society Policy Perspective

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruban Dhaliwal ◽  
Rocio I Pereira ◽  
Alicia M Diaz-Thomas ◽  
Camille E Powe ◽  
Licy L Yanes Cardozo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Endocrine Society ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Abstract The Endocrine Society recognizes racism as a root cause of the health disparities that affect racial/ethnic minority communities in the United States and throughout the world. In this policy perspective, we review the sources and impact of racism on endocrine health disparities and propose interventions aimed at promoting an equitable, diverse, and just healthcare system. Racism in the healthcare system perpetuates health disparities through unequal access and quality of health services, inadequate representation of health professionals from racial/ethnic minority groups, and the propagation of the erroneous belief that socially constructed racial/ethnic groups constitute genetically and biologically distinct populations. Unequal care, particularly for common endocrine diseases such as diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and thyroid disease, results in high morbidity and mortality for individuals from racial/ethnic minority groups, leading to a high socioeconomic burden on minority communities and all members of our society. As health professionals, researchers, educators, and leaders, we have a responsibility to take action to eradicate racism from the healthcare system. Achieving this goal would result in high-quality health care services that are accessible to all, diverse workforces that are representative of the communities we serve, inclusive and equitable workplaces and educational settings that foster collaborative teamwork, and research systems that ensure that scientific advancements benefit all members of our society. The Endocrine Society will continue to prioritize and invest resources in a multifaceted approach to eradicate racism, focused on educating and engaging current and future health professionals, teachers, researchers, policy makers, and leaders.

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