Linguistic Justice Black Language Literacy Identity And Pedagogy

Bringing Together Theory, Research, And Practice To Dismantle Anti-black Linguistic Racism And White Linguistic Supremacy, This Book Provides Ethnographic Snapshots Of How Black Students Navigate And Negotiate Their Linguistic And Racial Identities Across Multiple Contexts. By Highlighting The Counterstories Of Black Students, Baker-bell Demonstrates How Traditional Approaches To Language Education Do Not Account For The Emotional Harm, Internalized Linguistic Racism, Or Consequences These Approaches Have On Black Students' Sense Of Self And Identity. This Book Presents Anti-black Linguistic Racism As A Framework That Explicitly Names And Richly Captures The Linguistic Violence, Persecution, Dehumanization, And Marginalization Black Language-speakers Endure When Using Their Language In Schools And In Everyday Life.