immigration & stereotypes

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Dreaming Dreaming of No of No Judgment: Judgment: Mi Pleito Mi Pleito Against Against Stereotypes Stereotypes Mestizo Arts and Activism Program Mestizo Arts and Activism Program Joanna Alfaro Joanna Alfaro Norma Nuñez Norma Nuñez Jonatan Ramirez Jonatan Ramirez Juan Gomez Juan Gomez Hector Maldonado Flores Hector Maldonado Flores 2008 2008

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This Slide Show contains information from our research conducted around immigration & Stereotypes. It goes into details about the process of our research as well as our research findings.

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Page 1: Immigration & Stereotypes

DreamingDreaming of No of No Judgment: Judgment:

Mi Pleito Mi Pleito AgainstAgainst StereotypesStereotypes

Mestizo Arts and Activism ProgramMestizo Arts and Activism Program

Joanna AlfaroJoanna Alfaro

Norma NuñezNorma Nuñez

Jonatan RamirezJonatan Ramirez

Juan GomezJuan Gomez

Hector Maldonado FloresHector Maldonado Flores

20082008

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ResearchResearch Focus Focus

Our research focused on how Our research focused on how stereotypes about immigrants affect stereotypes about immigrants affect high school students and their high school students and their community. community.

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Research QuestionResearch Question

What are the emotional and What are the emotional and economic affects/impacts of economic affects/impacts of stereotypes on immigrants?stereotypes on immigrants?

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Why is this important?Why is this important?• This research is important because many This research is important because many

people are not aware of how stereotypes people are not aware of how stereotypes affect the community.affect the community.

• We don’t realize how things that may We don’t realize how things that may seem so small and insignificant --like seem so small and insignificant --like name calling-- can have such a huge name calling-- can have such a huge impact on the community.impact on the community.

• Young people of color have a voice and Young people of color have a voice and can talk back to the ways they are can talk back to the ways they are stereotyped. stereotyped.

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Research MethodsResearch Methods

We conducted two focus groups with We conducted two focus groups with high school students (6-8 students) high school students (6-8 students) on the emotional and economical on the emotional and economical impacts of stereotypes on impacts of stereotypes on immigrants.immigrants.

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Some of the questions we Some of the questions we asked during our focus asked during our focus

group group • What comes to mind when you think of What comes to mind when you think of “immigrant”?“immigrant”?

• How do you define stereotype?How do you define stereotype?• Please identify stereotypes of immigrants. Please identify stereotypes of immigrants. • Have you ever seen someone stereotyped in Have you ever seen someone stereotyped in

front of you or have you been stereotyped? front of you or have you been stereotyped? Please share your story..Please share your story..

• How do stereotypes make you feel? How do stereotypes make you feel? • How do stereotypes affect your community? How do stereotypes affect your community?

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Stereotypes of Stereotypes of immigrantsimmigrants

Some of the examples of stereotypes of Some of the examples of stereotypes of immigrants that identified in our research immigrants that identified in our research include: include:

beaner, border hopper, wetback, lazy, beaner, border hopper, wetback, lazy, steal jobs/ identity, criminals, drug steal jobs/ identity, criminals, drug dealers, drop out, don’t care about school, dealers, drop out, don’t care about school, irresponsible, girls get pregnant young irresponsible, girls get pregnant young etc… etc…

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What we found out…What we found out…

The students shared stories about The students shared stories about stereotypes and immigration that stereotypes and immigration that offer different perspectives on this offer different perspectives on this complex issue. complex issue.

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our findings our findings continued… continued…

Our findings speak to the painful and Our findings speak to the painful and contradictory position of students of color: contradictory position of students of color: On the one hand… On the one hand…

The young people we spoke with felt oppressed by The young people we spoke with felt oppressed by the stereotypes and sometimes expressed losing the stereotypes and sometimes expressed losing hope and wanting to give up.hope and wanting to give up.

On the other hand… On the other hand…

The young people we spoke with wanted to The young people we spoke with wanted to challenge the stereotypes that were laid on them challenge the stereotypes that were laid on them and this gave them the strength to go on. In this and this gave them the strength to go on. In this case, the students wanted to prove the stereotypes case, the students wanted to prove the stereotypes wrongwrong. .

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What did we learnWhat did we learn

In this project we were able to In this project we were able to inform people what is going on in inform people what is going on in our community and also it helped us our community and also it helped us learn more about the affects of learn more about the affects of stereotyping on our community. stereotyping on our community.

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What did we learnWhat did we learn

In this project we were able to In this project we were able to inform people what is going on in inform people what is going on in our community and also it helped us our community and also it helped us learn more about the affects of learn more about the affects of stereotyping on our community. stereotyping on our community.

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our findingsour findings

The students stories also The students stories also demonstrated the economic impacts demonstrated the economic impacts of stereotypes on their community: of stereotypes on their community: including police, housing, and job including police, housing, and job discriminationdiscrimination

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What did we learnWhat did we learn

In this project we were able to In this project we were able to inform people what is going on in inform people what is going on in our community and also it helped our community and also it helped us learn more about the affects of us learn more about the affects of stereotyping on our community. stereotyping on our community.