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Publication Date: 2018-Dec
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Interrogating Racist Nativist Microaggressions and Campus Climate: How Undocumented and DACA College Students Experience Institutional Legal Violence in Colorado
Muñoz, Susana M.; Vigil, Darsella
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, v11 n4 p451-466 Dec 2018
In 2013, the state of Colorado passed the ASSET (Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow) bill, which allowed eligible undocumented/DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students residing in Colorado the ability to qualify for in-state tuition at public institutions. Using qualitative methods, we examine how undocumented/DACA students experience their campus climate at 2 institutions in Colorado. This article highlights the voices of 12 undocumented/DACA students. We utilize the concept of legal violence and campus climate to illuminate 3 forms of racist nativist microaggressions (a) institutional ignorance; (b) the reproduction of pervasive invisibility; and (c) hidden/nonpresent communities of support as ways in which colleges and universities reproduce injurious acts. Recommendations and implications are provided.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Violence, Campuses, Aggression, College Students, Undocumented Immigrants, Tuition, State Legislation, Immigrants, Student Attitudes, In State Students, Access to Education, Educational Environment
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado
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