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SEEKING DIFFERENCE: LATINO-WHITE RELATIONS IN A LOS
ANGELES BILINGUAL SCHOOL
by
Jazmín A. Muro
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIOLOGY)
August 2015
Copyright 2015 Jazmín A. Muro
Object Description
| Title | Seeking difference: Latino-White relations in a Los Angeles bilingual school |
| Author | Muro, Jazmín A.; Muro, Jazmin A. |
| Author email | jazminmu@usc.edu;muro.jazmin@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Sociology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2015-06-15 |
| Date submitted | 2015-08-05 |
| Date approved | 2015-08-05 |
| Restricted until | 2015-08-05 |
| Date published | 2015-08-05 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette Agius Vallejo, Jody |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sanchez, George J. Sánchez, George J. |
| Abstract | Assimilation scholars have focused on the incorporation of immigrants and their children, often using contact between immigrants and natives as a measure of their trajectories (Alba and Nee 2003, Lee and Bean 2010, Telles and Ortiz 2008). Race scholars, on the other hand, have examined contact between racial/ethnic groups in order to decipher when interactions lead to positive or negative outcomes (Bobo and Zubrinsky 1996, Dovidio et al. 2003, Dixon 2006). However, these literatures have not yet addressed how and why individuals seek contact with those who are not of their race/ethnicity and the results of voluntary integration. This dissertation uses a Spanish/English immersion school in the greater L.A. area as an empirical site to examine voluntary contact and integration between Latinos and Whites in Southern California. Three main questions guide this study: What are Latino and White families’ motivations for choosing immersion and integration? How do Latino and White families experience immersion and what is the character of their interactions with each other? And, what strategies are used to negotiate difference and inequality in immersion? Drawing from over 20 months of ethnography and 66 in-depth interviews, I find that despite a shared interest in bilingualism and voluntary contact, racial and socioeconomic divides between Latino and White families persist. These divisions manifest in segregated parent organizations, friendly but minimal interactions and limited time together outside of school. This research contributes to our understanding of how inequality takes new forms in schools despite increasing diversity across the nation. |
| Keyword | Latinos; race relations; symbolic integration; dual immersion |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Muro, Jazmín A.; Muro, Jazmin A. |
| Physical access | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-MuroJazmin-3806.pdf |
| Archival file | Volume5/etd-MuroJazmin-3806.pdf |
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| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | SEEKING DIFFERENCE: LATINO-WHITE RELATIONS IN A LOS ANGELES BILINGUAL SCHOOL by Jazmín A. Muro A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIOLOGY) August 2015 Copyright 2015 Jazmín A. Muro |
