Immigrant students are deeply impacted by the xenophobic dominant narratives about immigration in the United States today, and are at risk of developing a deficit mindset about their own cultures. Our classrooms can serve as spaces of resistance to anti-immigrant and neo-nativist values by intentionally raising student critical consciousness about these oppressive forces, and centering our student’s lived experiences and funds of knowledge in the curriculum. This article looks at one high-school arts curriculum unit prompting students to critically analyze the dominant narratives about immigration, interview real immigrants in their lives, and create a counter-narrative art work for public display. The aim for this project was to give immigrant students a space to process, analyze, and counter the xenophobic narratives surrounding them. Summary of the unit plan, student work samples, classroom culture, and alumni testimonials are included.

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我们人民：高中视觉艺术课堂中的移民反叙事

移民学生深受当今美国关于移民的仇外主流叙事的影响，并且有可能对自己的文化产生赤字心态。我们的教室可以作为抵制反移民和新本土主义价值观的空间，通过有意识地提高学生对这些压迫力量的批判意识，并将我们学生的生活经历和知识资金集中在课程中。本文着眼于一个高中艺术课程单元，该单元促使学生批判性地分析有关移民的主流叙事，采访他们生活中的真实移民，并创作出反叙事艺术作品以供公众展示。该项目的目的是为移民学生提供一个处理、分析和反击围绕他们的仇外叙述的空间。