Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Family Development Program, College of Education and Human Services, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
J Community Psychol. 2022 Apr;50(3):1650-1667. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22745. Epub 2021 Nov 15.
The current nativist and ethnocentric policies and rhetoric put forward in the United States have compromised the safety of undocumented Hispanic/Latinx Americans. Many in these communities abstain from overt action toward change. Nonetheless, there are examples of community members who embrace the narrative "undocumented and unafraid." Through in-depth individual interviews and focus groups, we qualitatively examined how undocumented Mexican community coalition members (N = 10), focused on enacting socio-political change on behalf of their predominantly Mexican southwestern community, understood the role of their group as a venue for bridging resources and social action. Findings centered on three specific broad themes: (1) Meeting Community Needs: A Disconnection from Resources; (2) Community Coalition as a Space for Bridging Resources; and (3) Community Coalition as a Space for Activism and Social Change.
当前美国提出的本土主义和种族中心主义政策和言论危及了无证西班牙裔/拉丁裔美国人的安全。这些社区中的许多人避免采取公开的行动来改变现状。尽管如此,仍有一些社区成员接受“无证且无所畏惧”的说法。通过深入的个人访谈和焦点小组,我们从质化的角度研究了无证墨西哥裔社区联盟成员(N=10)如何代表他们主要来自西南部的墨西哥社区,来理解他们的团体作为一个资源和社会行动桥梁的作用。研究结果集中在三个具体的广泛主题上:(1)满足社区需求:与资源脱节;(2)社区联盟作为资源桥梁的空间;(3)社区联盟作为激进主义和社会变革的空间。