Preventing Linguistic Racism and Discrimination

By Dr. Erin Bell, Assistant Director of Educational Development In brief, linguistic discrimination is when individuals are mistreated and/or devalued based on their language use. Victims of such discrimination may use dialects such as African American Vernacular English (AAVE) or speak home languages like Spanish, Mandarin, and Arabic (among countless others). Such usages are often […]

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