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Let’s say you are a bright student from a working-class, Spanish-speaking Caribbean or Central American family, growing up and graduating from a public school in New York. You are offered a healthy financial aid package by an elite liberal arts college, which you accept, becoming a “multicultural”—specifically, Latino/a—student. What does this mean in terms of who you are at this school? How is your identity marked, especially in terms of language?
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Urciuoli, B. (2006). Boundaries, Language, and the Self: Issues Faced by Puerto Ricans and Other Latino/a College Students. In: Oboler, S. (eds) Latinos and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601451_7
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