Resistance to Linguistic Racism, Symbolic Violence, and White Gaze

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Four
  In Roundtable Session: Challenging Erasure, Symbolic Violence, and Assumptions of Race and Language (Table 3)

Abstract

This proposal seeks to understand a Chinese international student’s (Hong’s) encounters with linguistic racism as symbolic violence as well as why and how he resisted different forms of linguistic racism. Findings suggest that linguistic racism as symbolic violence takes different forms through both verbal and nonverbal language under the scrutiny of white gaze. The triad of linguistic racism, symbolic violence, and white gaze formed an intersection, practiced through visible and hearable linguistic modalities immediately to subordinate and oppress Hong as a victim. This intersection reproduces and reinforces structures of domination and hierarchy. The researchers suggest that more research is needed to deconstruct the complexity and subtlety of the intersection. Educational implications for recognizing and combating linguistic racism are also addressed.

Authors

• Min Wang, Houghton University
  Presenting Author

• Sender Dovchin
  Non-Presenting Author