Their Mere Existence Is Resistance: Undocu/DACAmented Collegians' Resisting Subordination in Turbulent Times

This critical ethnography examines the resistance efforts of undocu/DACAmented collegians during the Trump campaign and presidency era (2015-2021). Guided by the matrix of resistance, this study sought to highlight the various methods and intentions these collegians use to resist subordination amids...

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Published in:Review of higher education 2022-01, Vol.46 (2), p.209-247
Main Author: Santa-Ramirez, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Education
Activism
Advocacy
Citizen Participation
Citizenship
College Students
Community Relations
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Deportation
Educational Change
Educational Equity (Finance)
Educational Objectives
Equal Education
Ethnic Groups
Ethnography
Executive orders
Federal Aid
Higher education
Immigration
Immigration policy
Law Enforcement
Legislators
Literature Reviews
Mexicans
Migrants
Migration
Obama, Barack
Occupational Aspiration
Opportunities
Oppression
Political Attitudes
Political campaigns
Presidents
Racism
Resistance
Resistance (Psychology)
Self Disclosure (Individuals)
Social Discrimination
Sociopolitical factors
State Aid
Student Attitudes
Student Participation
Students
Subordination
Trump, Donald J
Undocumented Immigrants
Xenophobia
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Summary:This critical ethnography examines the resistance efforts of undocu/DACAmented collegians during the Trump campaign and presidency era (2015-2021). Guided by the matrix of resistance, this study sought to highlight the various methods and intentions these collegians use to resist subordination amidst an anti-im/migrant sociopolitical climate. Findings reveal how their efforts are demonstrated via: (1) participation in civic engagement in local and national advocacy organizations; (2) protests against border patrol agents' presence on campus; (3) coming out with their liminal legal status; and (4) their professional aspirations. Exigent recommendations are offered for higher education institutional agents at all levels.
ISSN:0162-5748
1090-7009
1090-7009
DOI:10.1353/rhe.2022.0021