“Unapologetic and unafraid”: Immigrant youth come out from the shadows
- 6 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development
- Vol. 2011 (134), 59-75
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.311
Abstract
Young immigrants are challenging the boundaries of citizenship and insisting on their human rights. This chapter examines the civic lives of immigrant youth through the case of Latina/os, exploring the paradox of their apparent low civic education and engagement levels and remarkable participation in recent protests. After an overview of demographics and what we know about immigrant youth civic life, the focus shifts to the undocumented. Many retain a sense of community obligation, yet because of their developmental stage and U.S. education, their engagement differs from that of their parents' generation. Young immigrants are reconfiguring organizing and reenergizing U.S. democracy through their use of new information technologies.Keywords
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