Affirming Language Diversity in Schools and Society

Foreword Sonia Nieto 1. Introduction: Linguistic Apartheid No Mas: Honoring all Languages Pierre Wilbert Orelus Part I. Linguistic Apartheid in the United States: From the Colonial to the Neocolonial Era 2. 21st Century Linguistic Apartheid: English Language Learners in Arizona Public Schools Mary Carol Combs, Ana Christina da Silva Iddings, and Luis Moll 3. Cultural Hegemony, Language, and the Politics of Forgetting: Interrogating Restrictive Language Policies Antonia Darder 4. Reclaiming the Taino Legacy: Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity Lourdes Diaz Soto & Simone Tuinhof de Moed 5. Overcoming Linguistic Apartheid: Contesting the Raj's Divide and Rule Policies Vaidehi Ramanathan Part II. Beyond Draconian Language Policies: Affirming Language Diversity 6. Human Right, States' Rights, and Linguistic Apartheid Peter McLaren and Arturo Rodriguez 7. Bite Your Tongue: How the English-Only Movement Has Silenced Voices of Dissent Pepi Leistyna 8. Colonial Education in the Southwest: White Supremacy, Cultural and Linguistic Subtraction, and the Struggle for Raza Studies Jose Garcia, Eric Bybee, and Luis Urrieta Jr. 9. (Dis) appearance of Deficit: How Teachers Struggle to Serve Multilingual Students under "English Only" Theresa Austin, Stephanie Rondeau and Kim Stillwell Part III. In Defense of Language Rights of Minorities: Beyond English Hegemony 10. Language Rights for Social Justice: The Case of Immigrant Ethnolinguistic Minorities and Public Education in the United States Laura Valdiviezo, Margaret Felis, Amy Lenard, and Sandy Browne 11. Textbooks for English Academic Purposes: Are They a Trojan Horse Bearing the Advance Forces of Linguistic Domination? Indika Liyanage and Tony Walker 12. Beyond Absurdity: Working Past the Repression of Dialogue in U.S. Schools Bob Fecho 13. Americanisation and Englishisation as Processes of Global Occupation Robert Phillipson 14. The Role of Mother Tongues in the Education of Indigenous, Tribal, Minority and Minoritized Children - What Can Be Done to Avoid Crimes Against Humanity? Tove Skutnabb-Kangas 15. The Colonialism of English- Only Donaldo Macedo 16. Affirming Bilingualism and Bi-literacy: In Defiance of English-only Laws Pierre Wilbert Orelus Contributors