Desirable and disposable: Educative practices and the making of (non) citizens

“The Door Was Always There”: Transnational Youth Leveraging Their Multiliteracies for Civic Justice

“…The importance of supporting the civic preparation and engagement of transnational youth deepens in times of rising global precarity. As I wrote this article in the fall of 2020, societies were reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and violent strains of populist nationalism that pathologize nondominant bodies and lives (Sanya et al, 2018). As ever, such trends amplify the vulnerabilities of young people from minoritized communities whose lives extend beyond national borders.…”

“…These encourage young people from minoritized backgrounds to cultivate nationalistic orientations toward civic learning and engagement at the expense of their histories and cultural identities. Beyond education, underserved youth's scope for involvement in the public sphere is mediated by legal, political, and economic factors and through the operation of broader oppressions such as racism and xenophobia (Sanya, Desai, Callier, & McCarthy, 2018). Amid these trends, transnational youth encounter particular constraints.…”