...Dominick N. Quinney Ethnic Studies classrooms in many respects are spaces wherein healing, solidarity, and social change occur, particularly surrounding discussions about race. The discussion around race is a language in itself—complete with levels of engagement. Students from privileged groups may...

... its introduction to the U.S. by many decades. With roots in a Romany-based germanio of the 16th century, from the speech of immigrant gypsies evolved a new Spanish-based argot, the result of language shift from Romany to Spanish over centuries. By the 19th century, caló referred to a Spanish-based...

...; and I oppose those contemporary views that talk about “post-ethnic” and “post-racial” identities, trying to purify individual and collective identities of racial and ethnic meanings. 3 Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 2006 2006 Language Identity Polyphony Hispanic...

..., The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 2006 2006 Immigration Slovakia Silencing Language Gender Critical Perspectives: New Knowledge Goska-No Opportunity for Song "NO OPPORTUNITY FOR SONG :" A SLOVAK IMMIGRANT'S SILENCING ANALYZED THROUGH HER PRONOUN CHOICE Danusha V. Goska Will iam...

... on affirmative action policies coupled with the sometimes less heralded emergence of a de facto U.S. language policy are sweeping through the states. These activities draw on a consistent repertoire of approaches from the invocation of the very language and concepts of the civil rights movement...

... implications of orthographic decisions. Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 2003 2003 Anthropology Linguistic Anthropology Orthography Music Bilingual Language Culture Fair Access Ethnic Studies Review Volume 26: 2 FROM COUSIN JOE TO THE COMOROS: ORTHOGRA PHY...

... cannot be attributed to ethnic-group differences in age, education, place of residence, or industrial structure. We believe that two latent factors are highly relevant in this context: language proficiency and social integration, although no data presently available provides information about such issues...

...-specific meanings, which are symbolised within and by spoken, written, and non-verbal language/s. Are languages given the same relevance when giving meaning to postmodern ethnicity, if one understands postmodern ethnicity as a “stance of simultaneously transcending ethnicity as a complete, self-contained...

...Amara Holstein This essay examines issues of power and multiculturalism in relation to the education of children through debate over monolingual versus bilingual education and how language is a source of power. Copyright ©ESR, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1999 1999 Language...

... of the issue. In presenting this theme I will discuss language ideologies in general and prescription in particular as a common attitude towards language. Prescription with respect to Ebonics usually takes the form of language prejudice. I will conclude with an introduction to one area of language planning...