Abstract
Using critical race counterstorytelling, I tell a story about the experiences of Mexican/Mexican American/Xicanx (MMAX) undergraduate students at private, historically and predominantly white university in the Northeast. Drawing on in-depth interviews, participant observations, pláticas, document analyses, and literature on race and space and racism in higher education, I argue that the racially hostile campus environment experienced by MMAX students at their respective university manifests itself as a form of educational-environmental racism. Through narrated dialogue, Aurora (a composite character) and I delve into a critical conversation about how educational-environmental racism is experienced by MMAX students through a racialized landscape in the following ways: 1) Discriminatory Objects and Symbols on Campus; 2) Glorification of Historical Trauma; and 3) Lack of Physical Representation and Cultural Deprivation.
Repository Citation
Gonzalez, M. (2023). “Why You Always So Political?”: A Counterstory About Educational-Environmental Racism at a Predominantly White University. Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, 22 (1). Retrieved from https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/taboo/vol22/iss1/7
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