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Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies

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Tsai, A; Straka, B; Gaither, S
Published in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
January 1, 2024

Mixed-heritage individuals (MHIs) are known to face high levels of social exclusion. Here, we investigate how raciolinguistic ideologies related to one’s heritage language abilities add to these exclusionary experiences. The results from 293 MHIs reveal frequent experiences of marginalisation from members of each of their heritage communities because their racial appearance and language practices are perceived as deviant and outside imagined ‘monoracial’ norms. Specifically, over half of respondents described experiences of exclusion for not speaking their minority heritage languages with the same accent or manner or fluency associated with ‘monoracial’ native speakers of their heritage languages or dialects. Another subset described high pressure to speak ‘proper English’ in White dominant work environments. These results extend past MHI work by empirically documenting the ‘monoracial-only’, monoglossic, and ‘Standard English’ ideologies that contribute to the continued social exclusion of MHIs.

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Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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ISSN

0143-4632

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Volume

45

Issue

2

Start / End Page

507 / 521

Related Subject Headings

  • 3903 Education systems
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
 

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Tsai, A., Straka, B., & Gaither, S. (2024). Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45(2), 507–521. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1904964
Tsai, A., B. Straka, and S. Gaither. “Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 45, no. 2 (January 1, 2024): 507–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1904964.
Tsai A, Straka B, Gaither S. Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 2024 Jan 1;45(2):507–21.
Tsai, A., et al. “Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies.” Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 45, no. 2, Jan. 2024, pp. 507–21. Scopus, doi:10.1080/01434632.2021.1904964.
Tsai A, Straka B, Gaither S. Mixed-heritage individuals’ encounters with raciolinguistic ideologies. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 2024 Jan 1;45(2):507–521.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

DOI

ISSN

0143-4632

Publication Date

January 1, 2024

Volume

45

Issue

2

Start / End Page

507 / 521

Related Subject Headings

  • 3903 Education systems
  • 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
  • 2004 Linguistics
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education