The Everyday Language of White Racism
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The persistence of white racism -- Language in white racism: an overview -- The social life of slurs -- Gaffes: racist talk without racists -- Covert racist discourse: metaphors, mocking, and the racialization of historically Spanish-speaking populations in the United States -- Linguistic appropriation: the history of white racism is embedded in American English -- Everyday language, white racist culture, respect.
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Communication in reference interactions is always imbued with power dynamics shaped by racialized identity and cultural practices.
“In these intimate interactions, communication is always imbued with power dynamics, which are shaped by racialized identity (Hill, 2008;Kochman, 1981) and cultural practices (Jackson, 2014, p. 217;Kubota, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Hill, J. H.
- Corresponding author
- Hill, Jane H.
- ORCID
- Hill, Jane H.
- Venue
- Wiley eBooks
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-10-10
- OpenAlex
- W4205952596
- Cited by
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- 29.38
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- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Wiley eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Cultural and political discourse analysis
- Social Sciences › Communication › Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Keywords
- white racism, racist language, slurs, language appropriation, American English, everyday language, respect
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