“Shifting the Power”: Youth Activists’ Narrative Reframing of the Immigrant Rights Movement

Cabaniss, Emily R.

doi:10.1111/soin.12292

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“…In recent years, young people are increasingly using storytelling and social media platforms to raise awareness and mobilize communities, particularly in response to global issues such as immigration reform, climate change, and racial injustice (Cabaniss, 2019; Wilf et al., 2022). In the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic, youth activists have also been calling for more action to address issues such as healthcare access and racial equity.…”

Section: Reconstructing Activism and Curriculum With Asiancrit And Tr...mentioning

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Dissecting Anti‐Asian Racism Through a Historical and Transnational AsianCrit Lens

Yu,

Coloma,

Sun

et al. 2023

Sociological Inquiry

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The primary focus of this paper is twofold: to demarcate the epistemic erasure of societal knowledge and narratives of Asian Americans as braided with other forms of anti‐Asian racism by tracing its historical roots in orientalism, colonialism, and imperialism; and to redress such erasure by foregrounding transnational perspectives and Asian American Critical Race Theory (AsianCrit). By attending to historical and ongoing experiences of migration and racialization, this paper highlights the transculturality of Asian American histories, epistemologies, and communities, along with the multi‐stranded connections that they share with diasporic Asians in other countries. It expands the dominant framing of racialized minorities in the United States that indexes and limits their experiences within the geopolitical boundaries of the nation‐state. By situating Asian Americans within critical historical and transnational contexts, this paper generates a fuller and more complex understanding of the past and present conditions of Asian Americans and anti‐Asian racism. It also deliberately highlights the agency of Asian American youth and their strategies in contesting anti‐Asian racism in schools and society at large. By amplifying Asian American youth voices and agency, this paper not only affirms their wealth of transnational funds of knowledge but also offers crucial interventions challenging the curricular violence that continues to marginalize and misrepresent Asian Americans.

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Section: Reconstructing Activism and Curriculum With Asiancrit And Tr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Dissecting Anti‐Asian Racism Through a Historical and Transnational AsianCrit Lens

Yu,

Coloma,

Sun

et al. 2023

Sociological Inquiry

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“…In 2009, undocumented youth across the U.S. and their college-aged American citizen allies became frustrated with the leadership of adult citizen-led advocacy groups on immigration rights (Cabaniss, 2019). Until recently, public discourse around immigration reform in the U.S. has been dominated by politicians and citizen-advocates (Cabaniss, 2019). Many undocumented youth involved with citizen-led advocacy groups report feeling marginalised, disempowered, and controlled.…”

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“…Many undocumented youth involved with citizen-led advocacy groups report feeling marginalised, disempowered, and controlled. Many of these young people chose to form their own youth-led groups to fight for immigration reform (Cabaniss, 2019). Within these groups, undocumented youth were considered leaders and their citizen-allies as supporters (Cabaniss, 2019).…”

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The Right to Be Heard: Young People’s Participation in Policy Making and the Power of Storytelling

Hurley

2022

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This article explores the role of storytelling in increasing young people’s participation in policy making. The relevance of Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is discussed, followed by the history of young people’s active participation in human rights movements. The theoretical frameworks around political participation and the power of storytelling are reviewed. Six case studies are presented, including two from Canada, one from Indonesia, and three from the United States. Finally, findings suggest that storytelling has the potential to bring young people’s voices to the forefront of the human rights issues affecting their lives and to empower them to recognize their individual and collective agency.

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“…For activists, framing is a key tool to connect with an individual’s values to invoke a sense of obligation towards a common cause (Cabaniss 2019; Zoch et al 2008). For example, Han and Ahn’s (2020) study on narratives used by youth activists to stop the rise of CO 2 found that young people primarily relied on framing as a source of solidarity and moral legitimacy, a tool to delegitimize antagonists and urge action on climate change.…”

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Framing the Global Youth Climate Movement: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Greta Thunberg’s Moral, Hopeful, and Motivational Framing on Instagram

Molder

Lakind

Clemmons³

et al. 2021

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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Climate change is a critical global problem that requires immediate action to mitigate its effects. In recent years, youth climate activists have mobilized worldwide protests to demand action, using social media platforms to communicate and broadcast their message. This study examines Greta Thunberg's rise to global prominence through an analysis of her first year and a half of Instagram posts from June 2018 to January 2020, including visual and textual elements. First, we explore how climate change is communicated on social media by youth activists, and then examine these concepts through the unique case of Thunberg’s Instagram. Then, through qualitative content analysis, this study elucidates her communication strategy by applying the concept of framing to unpack how she frames climate change as a moral and ethical issue, uses an emotional appeal of hope, and visually frames motivational collective action to mobilize her audience. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings to explore the complexities of communicating climate change through social media and how Thunberg's activism on Instagram may provide an example for future generations.

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“Shifting the Power”: Youth Activists’ Narrative Reframing of the Immigrant Rights Movement

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Dissecting Anti‐Asian Racism Through a Historical and Transnational AsianCrit Lens

Dissecting Anti‐Asian Racism Through a Historical and Transnational AsianCrit Lens

The Right to Be Heard: Young People’s Participation in Policy Making and the Power of Storytelling

Framing the Global Youth Climate Movement: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Greta Thunberg’s Moral, Hopeful, and Motivational Framing on Instagram

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