Crossover Dreams: The Roots of LatCrit Theory in Chicana/o Studies Activism and Scholarship

Abstract

10. See id. at 125. 11. See GUTfERREZ, supra note 2, at 132. Similar arguments later eventually facilitated successful desegregation efforts by African Americans.

A southwestern grassroots community coalition of undocumented Mexican community members: A location for bridging resources and sociopolitical action

“…LatCrit supports our understanding of both intersecting identities and the ways in which marginalized Hispanic/ Latinx communities in the U.S. form resistance in the face of continuous oppression (Huber, 2009;Johnson & Martinez, 1998;Solorzano & Bernal, 2001;Tirado, 2019). The experiences of Hispanic/Latinx undocumented citizens in the context of community activism needs to be effectively understood to begin to realize the various ways these communities are forming resistance in the face of ever increasing oppression (Lardier et al, 2020;Tirado, 2019).…”

“…As a critical theory, LatCrit calls special attention to the oppression and stigmatization of the Latinx population and groups (Solorzano & Bernal, 2001). LatCrit draws from both Chicano/a studies and civil rights literature as theoretical orientations (Johnson & Martinez, 1998). LatCrit positions how multiple forms of oppression based on immigration status, language, culture, and ethnicity, intersect to shape the lived experiences of undocumented Hispanic/Latinx people in the U.S. (Solorzano & Bernal, 2001).…”

Situating Institutional Responses to Latina Intimate Partner Violence Victims: An Argument for a LatCrit Lens

“…Importantly, LatCrit is not in competition with its CRT lineage; instead, LatCrit complements critical theories by focusing on the identity of Latinx communities and the creation, application, and consequences of laws and legal institutions on Latinx groups (Johnson & Martinez, 1998; LatCrit, n.d. ).…”

Using social justice graphic novels in the ELL classroom

“…In the 1960s, researchers began to analyze texts from an equity‐oriented, or social justice, perspective. Feminist criticism (Ellman, 1968; Millett, 1969; Showalter, 1977) was one of the earliest social justice frameworks, followed by a variety of others including critical race theory (Bell, 1976; Delgado, 1995; Freeman, 1978), gender studies and queer theory (Butler, 1990; Foucault, 1978; Jagose, 1996), critical disability theory (Meekosha & Shuttleworth, 2009; Pothier & Devlin, 2006), and LatCrit theory (Hernández‐Truyol, 1997; Johnson & Martinez, 1999), among others. Each framework focuses on its own social justice issues and questions.…”