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Only 62% of Latinos have completed high school, while 94% of Whites and 87% of African Americans have done so. This book examines who drops out and who graduates--and why--among Puerto Rican students in an urban high school. Using role identity theory, the author explains how some students develop what she terms a "school-kid" identity that enables them to succeed in school, while others develop a "street-kid" identity and drop out.
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"Latino millennials constitute the second largest segment of the millennial population. By sheer numbers they will inevitably have a significant social, economic, and political impact on U.S. society. Beyond basic demographics, however, not much is known about how they make sense of themselves as Americans. In Citizens but Not Americans, Nilda Flores-González examines how Latino millennials understand race, experience race, and develop notions of...