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Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate for Latina/o Undergraduates

Yosso, Tara, Smith, William, Ceja, Miguel, Solórzano, Daniel·2009·Harvard Educational Review

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In this article, Tara Yosso, William Smith, Miguel Ceja, and Daniel Solórzano expand on their previous work by employing critical race theory to explore and understand incidents of racial microaggressions as experienced by Latina/o students at three selective universities. The authors explore three types of racial microaggressions—interpersonal microaggressions, racial jokes, and institutional microaggressions—and consider the effects of these racist affronts on Latina/o students. Challenging the applicability of Vincent Tinto's three stages of passage for college students, the authors explore the processes by which Latinas/os respond to racial microaggressions and confront hostile campus racial climates. The authors find that, through building community and developing critical navigation skills, Latina/o students claim empowerment from the margins.

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  • In hostile campus environments, students experience self-doubt, isolation, anger, stress, and emotional exhaustion that impact academic, social, and psychological performance and well-being.

    “In such environments, students experience self-doubt, isolation, anger, stress, and emotional exhaustion that impact upon their academic, social, and psychological performance and well-being (Davis et al., 2004;Solorzano et al., 2000;Yosso et al., 2009).”

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Authors
Yosso, T., Smith, W., Ceja, M., & Solórzano, D.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
  • University of Utah (US)
  • California State University, Northridge (US)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Venue
Harvard Educational Review
Published
2009-12-01
Volume
79
Issue
4
Pages
659-691
ISSN
  • 0017-8055 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-5045
OpenAlex
W1854723823
Cited by
1,221
References
135
Citations by year
2026: 42 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 135 · 2023: 88 · 2022: 79 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 132 · 2019: 93 · 2018: 106 · 2017: 84 · 2016: 75 · 2015: 68 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 37 · 2012: 35
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65.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Harvard Educational Review (publishedVersion)
  • California State University ScholarWorks (system-wide DSpace) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords
critical race theory, racial microaggressions, Latina/o students, campus racial climate, selective colleges, student empowerment, community building, higher education

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