Oppression, Resistance, and Advocacy in the ClassroomCira M. Montoya, Andrea Crespo, and Paul LaPrade

Productive Resistance: Equality for Domestic and Immigrant WorkersCira M. Montoya

Exploitation and Abuse Among Domestic Workers 25 % of foreign-born women are domestic workers

(Kaufka, 2003) and the majority of them are women of color.

Surveys illustrate how migrant and domestic workers told stories of “how they did not know where to turn in America when they faced workplace abuse, were uncertain of their rights, and had few options” (Robinson, Dryden, and Gomez, 2012).

Results of the same survey reported that 60% of nonwhite immigrant workers endured abuse because they needed the money, and 33% reported that they endured abuse because they did not understand their legal rights (Robinson, Dryden, and Gomez, 2012).

Exploitation and Misconceptions of Immigrant WorkersA dairy farm survey conducted in 2008 reported

that employers drew racial boundaries by concluding that immigrant workers were unambitious workers, justifying the pooling of immigrant workers in low-level positions on dairy farms: “I’ve never had anybody that seemed to want work

and just milk cows and be satisfied with that, like the Mexicans do…They are just not as interested in being the top dog. They are happy to have a job, and milking cows is fairly easy…They don’t have the ambition to drive tractors like American guys, who want to be in the tractor all the time” (Harrison & Lloyd, 2013).

Productive Resistance

Advocacy Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, Inc. (DMRS)

2400 E. Yandell, El Paso, TX 79903Phone: 915-532-3975Website: http://www.dmrs-ep.org/ Las Americas Immigration Advocacy Center

1500 East YandellEl Paso, TX 79902Phone: 915-544-5126Website: http://las-americas.org/ Paso del Norte Civil Rights Project

1317 Rio GrandeEl Paso, TX 79902Phone: 915-532-3799pdn@texascivilrightsproject.org

Oppression and Resistance in the Classroom

Andrea Crespo

Talking about Race, Learning about Racism

Beverly Daniel Tatum

“The FEAR of being perceived as RACIST or refusal to BELIEVE oneself or one’s family/ancestors as being RACIST”(Beverly Tatum, 1992.)

“ACCEPTED by WHITES” (Beverly Tatum, 1992.)

Is there a correlation between racism and/or prejudice and a student’s resistance to oppression-related course content?

What are some of the racial identity development theories used in regards to students that show resistance towards oppression-related topics, and how do these theories affect the students?

Can instances of student resistance to oppression-related course content be avoided and/or eliminated?

Are American college students impacted by racism on campus and in the classroom, and if so what actions do they take in relation to this?

“I look at my environment and wonder, how will it not be?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBN6Wm-uiBU

Start Time: 12:00, End Time: 15:28

RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT THEORIES

57 people (90 %)

6 people (10 %)

Have you ever seen or expe-rienced any form of racism on

campus?YesNo

MY RESEARCH

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO FIGHT AGAINST RACISM AND OPPRESSION IN THE CLASSROOM?

Oppression, Resistance, and the Writing ClassroomPaul LaPrade

I rebel—therefore we exist.--Albert Camus

Rebellion on the Sentence LevelI developed a type of brainstorming where

I think about the topic and I free write whatever comes to my mind. I write all over the paper and don’t exactly stay within the lines of the paper… This type of brainstorming lets me “rebel” against writing. It goes against the more organized types of brainstorming that are mapping or outlining. This brainstorming strategy brings me back to the days I enjoyed free writing and helps make academic writing a little easier.

Image URLs 2: http://tweetandmeet.com/category/future

3: http://www.amazon.com/Pedagogy-Oppressed-30th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0826412769

4: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia

5: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-albert-camus-1913-1960-granger.html

6: http://unschoolers.org/unschooling-thoughts/what-about-socialization-part-1/

7: https://law.uoregon.edu/ol/autumn2012/pursuing-sports-law/sports-balls/

10: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing