Political elections have been shown to influence youth civic development. The election of Donald Trump is historic and has elevated precarity for people of color and immigrants, yet we know little about how young people with these identities experienced this potentially catalytic event. Using ethnographic methods, we examined youth and adult discussions that occurred during youth participatory action research in four sites of one after-school program between October 2016 and May 2017, to investigate how the development of critical consciousness occurs among early adolescent youth of color in the context of catalyzing political events. We identified emergent patterns in how young people (a) engaged in critical reflection, (b) weighed political efficacy, and (c) considered engagement in critical action in the wake of Trump’s election. The data revealed that young people’s critical consciousness development ranged from basic to advanced levels. This research highlights the ways that politically catalytic events shape critical consciousness development among early adolescents of color.

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特朗普时代的青少年早期批判意识发展

事实证明，政治选举会影响青年公民的发展。唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的选举具有历史意义，对有色人种和移民的不稳定性有所提高，但我们对具有这些身份的年轻人如何经历这一潜在的催化事件知之甚少。我们使用人种志方法，研究了2016年10月至2017年5月期间在一项课余计划的四个地点进行的青年参与行动研究期间发生的青年和成人讨论，以调查在该年龄段的有色青年中青年如何形成批判意识。引发政治事件的环境。我们确定了在年轻人（一）如何从事批判性反思，（B）在特朗普的大选后称重关键行动的政治效果，以及（c）考虑参与紧急模式。数据显示，年轻人的批判意识发展范围从基本到高级。这项研究突出了政治上的催化事件如何影响早期彩色青少年的批判意识发展。