Anti-Immigrant Ideology in U.S. Crime Reports: Effects on the Education of Latino Children

Authors

Theresa Catalano, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

7-2013

Citation

Published in Journal of Latinos and Education 12 (2013), pp. 254–270; doi: 10.1080/15348431.2013.785408

Comments

Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Used by permission.

Abstract

This article investigates the link between how Latino migrants are represented in U.S. crime reports, the formation of immigration laws/policies, and the effects on children of Latino migrants in U.S. schools. From a framework of cognitive linguistics and critical discourse analysis, I examine crime reports in U.S. online newspapers depicting crimes allegedly committed by Latino migrants in the years 2008–2010. The analysis exposes linguistic strategies such as the use of metaphor and metonymy to construct a negative representation of Latino migrants. I conclude with a discussion of the indirect effects on Latino schoolchildren.