Imagining Black Futures: Defining and Securing Linguistic Justice in Ableist Spaces

• In Event: Visions of Freedom: Schooling and the Experiences of Black Youth

Abstract

Anti-Black linguistic racism encompasses the policing of Black language, erasing Black literacies, and establishing White Mainstream English as the accepted form of verbal and nonverbal communicative behavior of individuals (Baker-Bell, 2020). Absent from this discussion are special education scholars who must conduct a concurrent examination of our ideologies and assumptions on the role of Black language in our work with Black disabled students. Through a systematic scoping review, we investigate the role of linguistic justice for Black disabled students receiving communication-based special education services. The results highlight 5 articles that evidence the dearth of research available on the inclusion of the racial and linguistic heritages of Black disabled students. Priorities and areas for future research are also discussed.

Authors

• Temple Sharese Lovelace, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund

• Teaira McMurtry