Existentialism at Home, Determinism Abroad: A Small-Town Mexican American Kid Goes Global

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-594
Author(s):  
Joe Robert González
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Student Body ◽  
Safe Spaces ◽  
Cultural Organizations ◽  
Mexican American Youth ◽  
University Settings ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Villanova University ◽  
Limited Scope

In this essay, Joe Robert González describes the process of his own growth as a Mexican American from Brownsville, Texas, who attended Villanova University. Coming from a majority-minority town, González identifies the importance of safe spaces for Mexican American youth, many of whom doubt their own potential to thrive within university settings. He laments the current push for cultural organizations on college campuses to educate the broader student body as well as the general inefficacy of these organizations due to the limited scope of their mission. At the same time, González celebrates the opportunities that his university gave him to interact with people from a variety of different cultures who hold different opinions about the world. Thinking about his friends from home, he laments the way that homogeneous experiences can nurture stereotypes and fear. González concludes by suggesting that college campuses must provide students with both safe spaces and opportunities for growth.

What Does It Mean To Be Mexican (American)? Exploring Youth Ethnic Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 001100002098530
Author(s):  
Halleh Hashtpari ◽  
Karen W. Tao ◽  
Kritzia Merced ◽  
Joél Arvizo-Zavala ◽  
James Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Ethnic Pride ◽  
Mexican American Youth ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Minimal Research

Children’s racial (e.g., Black, White, Indigenous) and ethnic (e.g., Mexican) identity can influence psychological, social, and academic outcomes. Despite evidence that awareness of racial–ethnic marginalization begins during preadolescence, there is minimal research examining how children talk about identity at this age. The purpose of this study was to examine how preadolescent Mexican American youth conceptualize “who they are.” Specifically, we used the Ethnic-Perspective Taking Ability interview protocol to explore how Mexican American youth, ages 9–11, understand their ethnicity. Thematic analysis revealed four themes: Self as “Other,” Self as Invisible, Self as a Politicized Being, and Self as Community. Participants discussed feeling out of place, often feeling excluded by Whiteness, and needing to code switch. These experiences also were juxtaposed with a sense of ethnic pride and comfort. Implications for practice, advocacy, education, and research are offered.

Early Presentation of Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican-American Youth

Diabetes Care ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D. Neufeld ◽  
L. J. Raffel ◽  
C. Landon ◽  
Y. -D. I. Chen ◽  
C. M. Vadheim
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Early Presentation ◽  
Mexican American Youth

scholarly journals Sounding diasporic dislocation: The object voice in postcolonial short stories

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 11-25
Author(s):  
Jorge Sacido-Romero
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Acoustic Field ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Jacques Lacan ◽  
Black Atlantic ◽  
Introductory Part ◽  
Central Characters ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Limited Scope

Jacques Lacan conceives of the voice as more than meets the ear: that is, as an objet a that must be subtracted from the acoustic field to preserve the coherence of reality as a symbolically constructed order in which subjects are inserted and from which they derive a sense of identity. Disruptive manifestations of the object voice are frequent in the modernist and postmodernist British short story, a form which, on account of its brevity and limited scope, renders more sharply the traumatic nature of such episodes, which thus become more memorable and engaging for readers. The short story, likewise, is an apt vehicle for postcolonial and diasporic subjectivities characterized by the tensions and psychic distress provoked by their liminal location between different cultures and their heterogenous and often conflicting interpellations. After an introductory part which elaborates on the interrelations between object voice, the short story genre and the postcolonial subject, this article examines two recent stories by Koye Oyedeji (‘Postscript from the Black Atlantic’) and Diriye Osman (‘Earthling’), in which existential conflicts become so acute that they trigger aural hallucinations, which determine the central characters’ predicament in the context of the migrant diaspora in Britain.

Predicting Prosocial Tendencies Among Mexican American Youth

2014 ◽  
pp. 242-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
George P. Knight ◽  
Camille D. Basilio ◽  
Alexandra N. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Mexican American ◽  
Mexican American Youth ◽  
Prosocial Tendencies

scholarly journals Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Blood Lead Levels among Mexican-American Children and Adolescents in the United States

2005 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo S. Morales ◽  
Peter Gutierrez ◽  
Jose J. Escarce
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Blood Lead ◽  
The United States ◽  
Blood Lead Levels ◽  
Mexican American Youth ◽  
Lead Levels ◽  
American Children

Objective. This study was designed to assess demographic and socioeconomic differences in blood lead levels (BLLs) among Mexican-American children and adolescents in the United States. Methods. We analyzed data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994, for 3,325 Mexican-American youth aged 1 to 17 years. The main study outcome measures included a continuous measure (μg/dL) of BLL and two dichotomous measures of BLL (⩾5 μg/dL and ⩾10 μg/dL). Results. The mean BLL among Mexican-American children in the United States was 3.45 μg/dL (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.07, 3.87); 20% had BLL ⩾5 μg/dL (95% CI 15%, 24%); and 4% had BLL ⩾10 μg/dL (95% CI 2%, 6%). In multivariate analyses, gender, age, generational status, home language, family income, education of head of household, age of housing, and source of drinking water were statistically significant independent predictors ( p<0.05) of having higher BLLs and of having BLL ⩾5 μg/dL, whereas age, family income, housing age, and source of drinking water were significant predictors ( p<0.05) of having BLL ⩾10 μg/dL. Conclusions. Significant differences in the risk of having elevated BLLs exist among Mexican-American youth. Those at greatest risk should be prioritized for lead screening and lead exposure abatement interventions.

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