Language and Social Justice in Practice

Netta Avineri is Associate Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages/Teaching Foreign Language (TESOL/TFL) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Laura R. Graham is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iowa. She served as Chair of the American Anthropological Association’s Committee on Human Rights and is founding Chair of the Association’s Committee on Language and Social Justice. Eric J. Johnson is Associate Professor of Bilingual/ESL Education at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Robin Conley Riner is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Marshall University. Jonathan Rosa is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and, by courtesy, Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics, at Stanford University.

"Finally a book that squarely calls language for what it is––a crucial form of social action. Revolutionary in its approach to language, as well as the ways in which scholarship is developed collaboratively, this book forges new paths for language studies. In providing us with a lens that links language to race discourse, education, health, social activism, and law, the book shows how language operates to limit equitable participation and how it can be used to radically reimagine a world with social justice." Ofelia García, The City University of New York, USA"Language and Social Justice in Practice is an inspired collective rebuttal to those—academics and other citizens alike—who would erase or minimize the crucial role of language and communicative practices—in reproducing structural violence and promoting social injustice. In twenty-four hard-hitting chapters, these authors challenge hegemonic concepts and practices like "the language gap," "illegal migrants," "linguistically isolated" families, linguistic colonization, and racial slurs repackaged as Native American mascots. These engaged and activist scholars brightly illuminate a path for transforming academic knowledge about language into political action and social justice.Paul V. Kroskrity, University of California, USA."

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reimagining Language and Social Justice Netta Avineri, Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, and Jonathan RosaPart I: Language and RaceIntroduction and Critical Questions1: “Never Tell Me How to Say It”: Race, Language Ideologies, and Harm Reduction in Secondary English ClassroomsJulia R. Daniels 2: Identifying “Racists” While Ignoring Racism: The Case of the Alleged Slur on George Zimmerman’s 911 TapeAdam Hodges 3: Contesting Representations of Migrant “Illegality” through the Drop the I-Word Campaign: Rethinking Language Change and Social Change Jonathan RosaChapter 4: Communicating and Contesting IslamophobiaMariam Durrani Chapter 5: Languages of Liberation: Digital Discourses of Emphatic Blackness Krystal A. Smalls Part II: Language and Education Introduction and Critical Questions6: Issues of Equity in Dual Language Bilingual Education Kathryn I. Henderson, Lina Martín-Corredor, and Genevieve Caffrey 7: Colorado’s READ Act: A Case Study in Policy Advocacy against Monolingual NormativityKara Mitchell Viesca and Luis E. Poza8: Dual Language Education as a State Equity StrategyKathryn Lindholm-Leary, Martha I. Martinez, and Rosa G. Molina9: Ubuntu Translanguaging and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Identity through Multilingual Education in TanzaniaMonica Shank Lauwo 10: A Critical Interrogation of the “Language Gap”Eric J. JohnsonPart III: Language and HealthIntroduction and Critical Questions11: Language, Justice, and Rabies: Notes from a Fatal CrossroadsCharles L. Briggs12: Ethics, Expertise, and Inequities in Global Health Discourses: The Case of Non-Profit HIV/AIDS Research in South AfricaSteven P. Black13: Interpreting Deaf HIV/AIDS: A DialogueMark Byrd and Leila Monaghan 14: Language as Health: Healing in Indigenous Communities in Guatemala through the Revitalization of Mayan LanguagesDavid Flood, Anita Chary, Peter Rohloff, and Brent Henderson Part IV: Language and Social ActivismIntroduction and Critical Questions15: Mascots, Name Calling, and Racial Slurs: Seeking Social Justice through Audience Coalescence Netta Avineri and Bernard C. Perley16: The Language of Activism: Representations of Social Justice in a University Space in Argentina Suriati Abas and James S. Damico17: California Latinx Youth as Agents of Sociolinguistic JusticeMary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, and Jin Sook Lee18: Pronouns and Possibilities: Transgender Language Activism and Reform Lal Zimman19: (De)Occupying LanguageH. Samy AlimPart V: Language, Law, and PolicyIntroduction and Critical Questions20: A’uwẽ-Xavante Represent: Rights and Resistance in Native Language Signage on Brazil’s Federal HighwaysLaura R. Graham 21: The Universal Declaration of Linguistic RightsJoyce Milambiling 22: “Linguistically Isolated”: Challenging the U.S. Census Bureau’s Harmful ClassificationAna Celia Zentella 23: Immigrants Facing Linguistic Barriers in the U.S. Justice System: Case Studies from North Carolina Dominika Baran and Quinn Holmquist24: Communicating Humanity: How Defense Attorneys Use Mitigation Narratives to Advocate for ClientsRobin Conley Riner and Elizabeth S. Vartkessian Index