Suficiente, Enough: Reckoning With the Complexities of a Colonial Past That Racializes LatinXs as MestizXs

Abstract

The author provided a brief exploration into the origins of racial/ethnic categories and facilitated a linkage between a colonial past and the present. She encouraged educational researchers and practitioners to adopt an understanding of Latinidad beyond a pan-ethnic model of identity by making critical colonial connections. She underscored how coloniality permeates educational structures, pedagogical practices, and the foundations of scholarship development that subjugate LatinX students to view themselves through the eyes of the colonizer.

Learning to Unpack the Term Latinx in Higher Education

“…García-Louis, C. (2023). Suficiente, enough: Reckoning with the complexities of a colonial past that racializes LatinXs as mestizXs.…”

Cultural Wealth Coping as Protective Factors of Resilience for Latine Students

“…For example, Latine students are more likely than their peers to come from low-income households and identify as first-generation college students (Latino et al, 2020). Moreover, the Latine community often faces multiple layers of intersectional discrimination and subordination (Romero et al, 2014), pressure to assimilate (García-Louis, 2023), and familial responsibilities (Espinoza, 2010; Rodriguez et al, 2019). Specifically, at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) where this study took place, Latine students report experiencing overt racism, microaggressions, and negative stereotypes (Nelson Laird et al, 2007; Von Robertson et al, 2016; T.…”