TY - JOUR
T1 - “Our Kids Aren’t Dropping Out; They’re Being Pushed Out”
T2 - Native American Students and Racial Microaggressions in Schools
AU - Johnston-Goodstar, Katie
AU - VeLure Roholt, Ross
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Poor graduation rates, truancy rates, and standardized tests results have been presented as indicators of a school crisis among Native American youths. This crisis, however, relies on ahistoric and deficit models of intervention, which imagine academic success as an individual- or family-level phenomenon. Responding to Reyhner’s (1991) suggestion to assess the role of schools and teachers in working to push students out of school, we explored the experiences of Native American youths in schools. This article documents findings from a community-based mixed-methods study. It establishes not only the significant prevalence of microaggressions for Native American youths in schools but it also presents the unique discriminatory experiences and aspects of those microaggressions. We suggest that these microaggressions play a role in school climate and push-out and provide suggestions for research, professional development, and social action.
AB - Poor graduation rates, truancy rates, and standardized tests results have been presented as indicators of a school crisis among Native American youths. This crisis, however, relies on ahistoric and deficit models of intervention, which imagine academic success as an individual- or family-level phenomenon. Responding to Reyhner’s (1991) suggestion to assess the role of schools and teachers in working to push students out of school, we explored the experiences of Native American youths in schools. This article documents findings from a community-based mixed-methods study. It establishes not only the significant prevalence of microaggressions for Native American youths in schools but it also presents the unique discriminatory experiences and aspects of those microaggressions. We suggest that these microaggressions play a role in school climate and push-out and provide suggestions for research, professional development, and social action.
KW - Indigenous
KW - Native American
KW - microaggressions
KW - school
KW - youth
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U2 - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263818
DO - 10.1080/15313204.2016.1263818
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012101635
SN - 1531-3204
VL - 26
SP - 30
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work
IS - 1-2
ER -