Living in Multiple Worlds: Analyzing College Transitions and Dispositions through the Use of Critical Practice

ABSTRACT

The academic progress and success of males of color have begun to capture the attention locally and nationally. Over the past several years research examining males of color and their k-12 to college, pathways have been the subject of conversation and focus of scholars and practitioners alike. This study examines the transition of successful Latino males and centers their perspectives through the analytical framework of Bourdieu’s practice. This framework helps to theorize and capture strategies/logic/resistance male participants engaged in to shed stereotypical representations and stigmatized expectations placed on their bodies based on their identity as Latino males from the Bronx.

KEYWORDS:

• Lat crit
• qualitative research
• Latino males
• sociology
• community cultural wealth
• college transition

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

¹ In addition to the literature using the term Latino Male, the participants in the study self-identified utilizing this term.

² During Game Two of the 1977 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers, Howard Cosell supposedly stated “Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning” in reference to a nearby building fire, a common practice in the Bronx at the time.

³ May 19, 2013 article-http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/ghetto_gawking_ffMgfDAaCD76GXNYDrth7L

⁴ Now known as CUNY LINCT to Success Program.