LSA Issues Statement on Racial JusticeOn June 3, following the murder of George Floyd, the Linguistics Society of America issued a powerful statement outlining our responsibilities as linguists in confronting structural anti-Black violence, together with some key examples. For example, it cites a study by John Rickford and Sharese King examining responses by jurors, the press, and the public to the testimony of the star witness in the trial of George Zimmerman for the killing of Trayvon Martin. That response was largely shaped by judgements and misperceptions of the AAVE the witness spoke. As careful observers of language, we are uniquely situated to study how racial difference, racial oppression, and racial identity are created and sustained.
LSA Statement on ExtremismThe LSA statement on Extremism and Racism reminds us of the role of the profession in responding to racism and racial extremism. The discussion cites a number linguists whose works have contributed to our understanding of how language helps define structural racial relationships, including John Baugh's work on linguistic profiling |
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Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Dr. San Diego, CA 92182-7727 |
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
"And now with some pleasure I find that it's seven; and must cook dinner. Haddock and sausage meat. I think it is true that one gains a certain hold on sausage and haddock by writing them down." -- The last entry in Virginia Woolf's diary |
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