LING-621 Raciolinguistic Perspectives (3)

Language is an essential part of identity and prejudice, from language-based stereotypes to cultural narratives about the Self and Other. This course introduces raciolinguistic perspectives, a topic at the intersection of linguistics, anthropology, ethnic studies, and education. It is particularly relevant to Latinx issues and Spanish given their prominence in U.S. immigration and educational debates, and language discrimination’s important but often invisible role in perpetuating social hegemony for racialized multilingual minorities. It explores language’s role in race and ethnicity construction in the United States and related topics such as power, resistance, representation, and xenophobia. The course also discusses in-group diversity, colorism, and other related issues. While the course centers Latinx issues, it draws comparisons with the linguistic depiction of other minoritized groups such as African Americans, Asian Americans, and Arab Americans. Crosslist: LING-421 and LTST-421. Prerequisite/Concurrent: TESL-600.