Citizen, Student, Soldier - 9781479807802

Citizen, Student, SoldierLatina/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream\nAuthor(s): Gina M. Prez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479807802, 978-1479807802\nSynopsis\nSince the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for \""at risk\"" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that the program is a recruiting tool for the [url] military and is yet another example of an increasingly punitive climate that disproportionately affect youth of color in American public schools. \n Citizen, Student, Soldier intervenes in these debates, providing critical ethnographic attentio.