Posted on 07/06/2018 3:19:03 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK
A Michigan State University sociology professor claims that the "abstract liberalism" of many Latino and Latina college students serves to reinforce "colorblind racism."
Maria Isabel Ayala interviewed 50 Latino(a) students at Midwestern University, and was "dismayed" to find that they attribute their success to hard work and self-reliance while shunning affirmative action.
A professor at Michigan State University is alleging that Latino students perpetuate colorblind racism due to their commitment to meritocracy and free market values.
Sociology professor Maria Isabel Ayala made the argument in a recent study published by the Journal of Latinos and Education, having received $25,000 from the school to conduct the research.
Ayala interviewed 50 Latino(a) students at Midwestern University27 women and 23 mento probe how they explained their academic success, discovering to her dismay that many students expressed credence in both colorblind racism and abstract liberalism while shunning affirmative action policies in support of the free market, meritocracy, and laissez-faire ideology.
For example, when asked to describe her success in college, a dark-skinned Latina named Carla responded that everyone is equal and we all have the same experiences...I have [worked hard] and I deserve it.
Sebastian, a student who is described as a medium-skinned Latino, also reflected on his academic achievements and failures, telling Ayala that I guess all the mistakes have been just me...I am self-reliant.
A student named Eduardo, meanwhile, reportedly said I am disadvantaged, and I am very aware of that but that is not a bad thing, I just have to work harder.
When introducing her findings, Ayala claims that students belief in meritocracy is symptomatic of a larger societal issue: a tendency among minorities to dismiss the notion that racism may have impacted their own educational success.
Color-blindness within higher education negatively shapes the experiences of students of color, Ayala writes, stressing that students are preventing the rebuttal of an ideology that not only invalidates their unique and cumulative racial experiences, but those of other people of color.
Color-blind racism is hegemonic, the academic asserts. It comes as no surprise that Latina(o) college students rely on it to rationalize their college attainment.
Similarly, Ayala argues that some of the tenets of color-blind racism are the refusal of the existence of White privilege, a lack of awareness of institutional racism and its implications, as will as the rejection of social policies (e.g., affirmative action).
According to the study, the research was funded by a Creating Inclusive Excellence grant from the Michigan State University Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives.
The Offices website indicates that professors can apply for taxpayer-funded grants for initiatives that create inclusive excellence and enhance diversity, and according to Ayalas CV, MSU awarded her $25,000 to conduct the research for the study.
The Director of the Office told Campus Reform that she could not confirm whether Ayala had ever received a grant from the school, and spokespersons for MSU did not respond to an inquiry about the purpose of Ayalas research.
Ayala did not respond to multiple inquiries from Campus Reform.
So much gibberish.....
UH OH Looks like some Hispanics are trying to get off the liberal plantation. they’re talking about hard work and merit, instead of making themselves into perpetual excuse-making victims, can’t have that.
They are successful.
Whats the problem?
I guess success because you are motivated and work hard doesnt count.
Success only counts when you claim victim status and are given things you dont deserve.
My granddaughter is half Costa Rican. She worked hard in college and got great grades. She has no truck with lazy people, no matter their skin color. She works in a hospital and sees the feckless every day. She has a lot of feck. I like her.
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The first thing to understand is that Mestizos, Indians, whatever, who identify as Latino, will vote for their racial interests first no matter how "conservative" they are in anything else. I see it constantly. Truly conservative Latinos, who identify as Americans, are not the majority and never will be.
Racism is alive and well every time you are asked to check a certain block on a government form. That “White, Non-Hispanic” block always throws me.
First they work hard. Then they make money. Then they want to keep their money. Next thing you know, they might commit the greatest sin of all (guiltily looking over shoulder to make sure we aren't being watched) ... they might vote (shudder) Republican.
Nice work if you can get it.
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Can they make up their minds?
As an Anomalous-Trichromat-American I must protest this perjorative use of "colorblind". I and my ATA brothers (and a few sisters) must unite with out Dichromat and Monochromat brothers (and again a few sisters) and raise the red banner of outrage. I said the red banner! Red! You've raised the green banner of outrage.. I think. Raise both banners just to make sure.
Color-blind racism is hegemonic, the academic asserts. It comes as no surprise that Latina(o) college students rely on it to rationalize their college attainment.
Speaking of hegemonic - I see someone asserting her cultural imperialism by forcing her gender neutral language on the Spanish language. Take a thousand Mexican women and you can refer to the group as Latinas. Add one Mexican man and the group becomes the masculine Latinos.
What utterly meaningless pap! No wonder she is a sociologist.
Rephrasing it slightly:
"Your skin color is your uniform."
Leftist moron.
Check out her bio if you really want to puke...
‘Maria Isabel Ayala, (Ph.D., Texas A&M) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Michigan State University. Her research agenda examines the social impact that the unique and complex racialization of Latinxs in the U.S. has on their experiences and social behavior. Challenging essentialist understandings of Latinx cultures, her research argues that normative ideologies and Latinxs complex social location within the existing racial structure play a critical role in their life course. Throughout her work, she challenges the deficit perspective by which Latinxs have been examined and instead suggests one of capital. In addition, she discusses the agentive and resilient behaviors of Latinxs in navigating physical, symbolic, and social White spaces. Dr. Ayalas most recent publications and work under review addresses the experiences of Latinx students in higher education spaces.”
American Academia needs to be cleaned up.
Its sad when ideology trumps reason/logic/common sense, and brings endless lies and slanders and hate
You have to laugh. You read the bio-description of what it says she is about, and even that description identifies pre-conceived ideas, pre-conceived conclusions about her research, yet in her “study” that our thread began with, her research latino/latina subjects presented very different motivations and conclusions than she was expecting and she resorts to slandering them. LOL
And we repeat, she is no true “academic” and does not belong in academia. She has an agenda, that’s all.
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