Culturally Responsive Schooling for Indigenous Mexican Students

William Perez is Professor in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University, USA. His research is centered in multilingualism and Indigenous studies and he is particularly interested in the experience of undocumented students, Latinx undocumented youth civic engagement and Latinx higher education access.Rafael Vásquez is Chief Behavioral Scientist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project. He conducts research on academic persistence, community engagement and development, diversity and social justice and youth identity development.

‘They don’t understand us.’ This should be a subtitle to this important contribution. This volume is a must read for all present and future educators in California and any educator that is involved with indigenous students throughout the Americas. The qualitative/personal experience divulged by students is enlightening, sometimes educationally embarrassing for our profession, but, at the same time highly informative for any of us who care about educational equity.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Indigenous Mexican Students in US Schools: Invisible No MoreChapter 2. Ethnic DistinctionsChapter 3. Intersecting Cultures, Multilingualism and Transcultural Identities: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Indigenous Mexican Adolescents in US SchoolsChapter 4. MixtecsChapter 5. ZapotecsChapter 6. P’urhépechasChapter 7. ConclusionAppendicesAbout the AuthorsGlossaryReferencesIndex