Language, Race, and Inequality
This course addresses how and why languages and speakers are associated with racialized stereotypes, and how linguistic discrimination operates in U.S. culture today. In-depth case studies examine language and race in education, mass media, material culture, and everyday interaction. Critical perspectives on sociolinguistic norms and relationships between language, Whiteness, and power are also included.
Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or ANTH 102 or ANTH 208.
Outcomes: Students will identify relationships between language and race in everyday life, recognize and analyze instances of linguistic discrimination, stereotypes, and covert racism. Critical thinking and writing are emphasized.
Prerequisites: ANTH 100 or ANTH 102 or ANTH 208.
Outcomes: Students will identify relationships between language and race in everyday life, recognize and analyze instances of linguistic discrimination, stereotypes, and covert racism. Critical thinking and writing are emphasized.