Everyday Language of White Racism

Jane H. Hill is Regents' Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Arizona. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has served as President of the American Anthropological Association, and was awarded the Viking Fund Medal in Anthropology in 2005.

"Recommended [to] Most levels/libraries." (CHOICE, November 2009) "This book makes an important contribution to the body of critical race scholarship in deconstructing how language is used to perpetuate racism and in doing so validates the author’s challenge to the common assumption that 'white racism has gone underground.'" (People with Voices, April 2009)

• Preface and Acknowledgments vi1 The Persistence of White Racism 12 Language in White Racism: An Overview 313 The Social Life of Slurs 494 Gaffes: Racist Talk without Racists 885 Covert Racist Discourse: Metaphors, Mocking, and the Racialization of Historically Spanish-Speaking Populations in the United States 1196 Linguistic Appropriation: The History of White Racism is Embedded in American English 1587 Everyday Language, White Racist Culture, Respect, and Civility 175Notes 183References 197Index 217