The effects of microaggressions on the attitudes of education and level of education in the hispanic community

This study focuses on individuals from a Hispanic community in a West Texas City. I looked at the effects of microaggressions and level of education on the attitudes of education. Concrete attitudes of education consist of the reality of getting an education and how you see others from your minority group achieving after getting an education. On the other hand, abstract attitudes consist of ideologies that getting an education will lead to job success regardless of education. I introduced 2 new models that brought two lines of research together. The first model consists of second-class citizen and assumptions of criminality and level of education with the concrete attitude as the dependent variable. I found significance in this model and this could be due to the forms of capital minorities realize they are lacking as well as internalized oppression and the concept of the White Racial Frame. The second model consisted of second-class citizen and assumptions of criminality with the abstract attitude as the dependent variable. This second model was not found to be significant. This could be because the sample size was small or there are other factors that may contribute to the model. Future research is needed to expand these models and shed light on how Hispanic individuals can be affected when it comes to their attitudes on education as a result of experiencing microaggressions and attaining a higher level of education.