Language and Social Justice in Practice

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Reimagining Language and Social Justice
Netta Avineri, Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, and Jonathan Rosa

Part I: Language and Race

Introduction and Critical Questions

1: "Never Tell Me How to Say It": Race, Language Ideologies, and Harm Reduction in Secondary English Classrooms
Julia R. Daniels

2: Identifying "Racists" While Ignoring Racism: The Case of the Alleged Slur on George Zimmerman's 911 Tape
Adam Hodges
3: Contesting Representations of Migrant "Illegality" through the Drop the I-Word Campaign: Rethinking Language Change and Social Change
Jonathan Rosa
Chapter 4: Communicating and Contesting Islamophobia
Mariam Durrani
Chapter 5: Languages of Liberation: Digital Discourses of Emphatic Blackness

Krystal A. Smalls

Part II: Language and Education

Introduction and Critical Questions

6: 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 Normativity
Kara Mitchell Viesca and Luis E. Poza
8: Dual Language Education as a State Equity Strategy

Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Martha I. Martinez, and Rosa G. Molina

9: Ubuntu Translanguaging and Social Justice: Negotiating Power and Identity through Multilingual Education in Tanzania
Monica Shank Lauwo
10: A Critical Interrogation of the "Language Gap"
Eric J. Johnson

Part III: Language and Health

Introduction and Critical Questions

11: Language, Justice, and Rabies: Notes from a Fatal Crossroads
Charles L. Briggs
12: Ethics, Expertise, and Inequities in Global Health Discourses: The Case of Non-Profit HIV/AIDS Research in South Africa
Steven P. Black

13: Interpreting Deaf HIV/AIDS: A Dialogue
Mark Byrd and Leila Monaghan

14: Language as Health: Healing in Indigenous Communities in Guatemala through the Revitalization of Mayan Languages
David Flood, Anita Chary, Peter Rohloff, and Brent Henderson

Part IV: Language and Social Activism

Introduction and Critical Questions

15: Mascots, Name Calling, and Racial Slurs: Seeking Social Justice through Audience Coalescence
Netta Avineri and Bernard C. Perley

16: The Language of Activism: Representations of Social Justice in a University Space in Argentina

Suriati Abas and James S. Damico
17: California Latinx Youth as Agents of Sociolinguistic Justice
Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, and Jin Sook Lee
18: Pronouns and Possibilities: Transgender Language Activism and Reform
Lal Zimman

19: (De)Occupying Language
H. Samy Alim

Part V: Language, Law, and Policy

Introduction and Critical Questions

20: A'uw¿-Xavante Represent: Rights and Resistance in Native Language Signage on Brazil's Federal Highways
Laura R. Graham

21: The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights
Joyce Milambiling

22: "Linguistically Isolated": Challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's Harmful Classification
Ana Celia Zentella
23: Immigrants Facing Linguistic Barriers in the U.S. Justice System: Case Studies from North Carolina
Dominika Baran and Quinn Holmquist
24: Communicating Humanity: How Defense Attorneys Use Mitigation Narratives to Advocate for Clients
Robin Conley Riner and Elizabeth S. Vartkessian

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