This article examines Latino students’ experiences within two elite educational contexts: an elite liberal arts college and an elite law school. Drawing on combined data of 42 in‐depth interviews, we interrogate how elite institutional spaces reify and shape panethnic identities. In the face of marginalization in predominantly white, elite spaces Latino students strategically search for new community and comfort, which in turn influence how they perceive their identities, encouraging a broadening of boundaries to include both panethnic and minority alliances. By documenting the experiences of Latino students in two stages of the educational pipeline, we show how elite institutions influence identity talk lead students to cultivate a sense of shared fate with other Latino‐origin individuals and at times, people of color in general.

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例外中的规范？精英机构中拉丁裔学生的经历

本文考察了两种精英教育背景下的拉丁裔学生的经历：一所精英文科学院和一所精英法学院。利用42次深度访谈的综合数据，我们询问了精英机构空间如何统一和塑造泛泛的身份。面对以白人为主的边缘化群体，拉丁裔学生在战略上寻求新的社区和舒适感，这反过来又影响了他们对自己身份的看法，从而鼓励扩大界限，既包括泛滥联盟又包括少数派联盟。通过记录在两个教育阶段中拉丁裔学生的经历，我们展示了精英机构如何影响身份对话，引导学生与其他拉丁裔人士，有时甚至是有色人种，培养共同的命运感。