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This book explores language at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the institutional practices that still make for uneven access to education, resources and a sense of belonging. The book is...
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  • 20 February 2023
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This book explores language at the intersection of race and ethnicity and the institutional practices that still make for uneven access to education, resources and a sense of belonging. It takes a clear anti-racist stance in the way it examines issues of language and power, linguistic prejudice, attitudes toward language and linguistic varieties. The chapters cover the experiences of the authors in their personal and professional lives, combining traditional academic texts with highly identity-driven genres that include autoethnography and the reflective essay, in addition to providing narrated resources for teachers. The result is a dynamic, innovative volume that dialogues openly with one of the most serious and pertinent debates of our time: how to instigate institutional change that moves us away from racist practices. The book is a reflection on how teachers and scholars can incorporate anti-racism pedagogy and thought into their practice.

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Publisher: Channel View Publications
Imprint: Multilingual Matters
Publication Date: 20 February 2023
Trim Size: 9.20 X 6.15 in
ISBN: 9781800412842
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Linguistics
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This book examines ideas of equality, equity, belonging, anti-racism, the centrality of decoloniality, linguistic justice, prejudice and diversity. The authors earnestly take on the task of changing the conversations around the perceptions of these concepts, working toward real-world effects.

Patricia Friedrich is Provost Fellow and Professor at Arizona State University, USA. Her most recent books are Applied Linguistics in the Real World (Routledge, 2019) and English for Diplomatic Purposes (Multilingual Matters, 2016).

Contributors

Chapter 1. Patricia Friedrich: Anti-Racist Linguistics

Chapter 2. Aya Matsuda: TEIL as a Tool for Anti-Racist Pedagogy: Exploring its Potential  

Chapter 3. Gabriel Nascimento: On (Dis)Inventing Language as a Zone of Non-Being: Black Teachers in ELT and Linguistic Racism in Brazil

Chapter 4. Chatwara Suwannamai Duran: Confessions of a Sociolinguist: A Linguistic Autoethnography

Chapter 5. Clarissa Menezes Jordão, Juliana Zeggio Martinez and Eduardo Henrique Diniz de Figueiredo: Narratives of Invisibility: Racism and Anti-Racism in Academic Spaces in Brazil

Chapter 6. Patricia Friedrich: Positionality, Creativity and Linguistic Prejudice: The Challenges of Honoring Multiple Identities and Being an Anti-Racist

Chapter 7. Tracey McHenry: 'No One Can Say it Anyway': Personal Names in the Classroom

Chapter 8. Luciana C. de Oliveira and Joy Beatty: Anti-Racist Linguistic Practices in the History Curriculum

Chapter 9. Patricia Friedrich: On Human and Linguistic Dignity

Q&A with Contributors

Index