“Citizenship Takes Practice”
“Citizenship Takes Practice”
Latina/o Youth, JROTC, and the Performance of Citizenship
Beginning in the mid-1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs (JROTC) have enjoyed considerable expansion in low-income schools and schools serving communities of color. Latina/o youth have increasingly joined the ranks of JROTC and have served in key leadership roles in the program. This ethnographic study explores the experiences of Latina/o youth in one JROTC program in Northeast Ohio. While debates about JROTC are often polarized, ethnography offers a nuanced understanding of the reasons why Latina/o youth and their families participate and embrace the program. Concerns about citizenship are one of the many reasons why JROTC appeals to Latina/o communities who see the program and the affiliation to the US military as a way to challenge stigmatizing discourses affecting their communities.
Keywords: citizenship, Latina/o youth, JROTC, Ohio, ethnography
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