Cynthia Arellano in her thesis essay is presenting a diverging view of Latino immigrant youth and the normal “at-risk” perception and she is challenging it through her research. She gained her information from interviews which goes into the specific individuals that deal with her issue of the “at-risk” immigrant Latino community. Her approach is on a personal basis, getting information from individual stories and dealing with their role and expanding them with interviews that dealt with their experience. Cynthia introduces her research of the immigration identify, expanding the roles and issues of perception, and delving into the personal basis. I enjoyed how she divided her work from different areas, like family culture, or extracurricular activities. Her division of topics presented different attributes that deal with immigration and Latinos “at-risk”. …show more content…
From the school approach in the Marisol Clark-Ibáñez article to the Australian approach, with their own issues of minority groups being “at-risk”. The perception of an underclass of a scrutinized minority is an aspect found in many of the articles presented. The marginalized groups having to deal with society placing them at a higher chance of committing criminal acts. The evolution of the articles dealt with their approach to the issue. Many of the articles approach the topic through the perception of language, and labels. As minority groups get labeled as having a higher probability of committing a crime because of the perception of both language and the popular perception. The evolution also deals with the perception of “at-risk” being used as a coded language in targeting a specific group of people. The perception of “at-risk” and that reputation that entails often has a depiction of specific individuals and the articles go from slightly describing what “at-risk” might mean to what are the circumstances of their