Description
The Spanish Language in the United States addresses the rootedness of Spanish in the United States, its racialization, and Spanish speakers’ resistance against racialization. This novel approach challenges the "foreigner" status of Spanish and shows that racialization victims do not take their oppression meekly. It traces the rootedness of Spanish since the 1500s, when the Spanish empire began the settlement of the new land, till today, when 39 million U.S. Latinos speak Spanish at home. Authors show how whites categorize Spanish speaking in ways that denigrate the non-standard language habits of Spanish speakers—including in schools—highlighting ways of overcoming racism.
Table of Contents
Section One: Language, Race, and Power
Introduction: Language, Racialization, and Power.
Bonnie Urciuoli, José A. Cobas, Joe R. Feagin and Daniel J. Delgado
Chapter 1: The Case of Middle-class Latinos in the United States
José A. Cobas and Joe R. Feagin, "Language Oppression and Resistance
Section Two: Rootedness
Chapter 2: The Early Political History of Spanish in the United States
Rosina Lozano
Chapter 3: The Demography and Socioeconomic Standing of Spanish-Language Latinos
Rogelio Sáenz and Daniel Mamani
Section Three: Racialization
Chapter 4: What Anti-Spanish Prejudice Tells Us about Whiteness
Bonnie Urciuoli
Chapter 5: A Language-elsewhere: A Friendlier Linguistic Terrorism
Mike Mena
Chapter 6: "You Are Not Allowed to Speak Spanish! This Is an American Hospital!": Puerto Ricans’ Experiences with Linguistic Discrimination and Otherness in Central Florida
Alessandra Rosa, Elizabeth Aranda, and Hilary Dotson
Chapter 7: Black Spanish, White Leanings, Trigueño Mythologies in Puerto Rico
Michelle Ramos Pelicia and Sharon Elise
Section Four: Resistance
Chapter 8: The Enchantment of Language Resistance in Puerto Rico
Kevin Alejandrez and Ana Liberato
Chapter 9: Subtracting Spanish and Forcing English: My Lived Experience in Texas Public Schools
José Angel Gutiérrez
