The Raciolinguistic Embodiment of Black Teachers and What They Offer Black Language Speakers in the Classroom

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Abstract

This ethnographic multi-case study focuses on the ways race and language play a role in how Black teachers hear and leverage Black Language as a resource in the classroom. This work views the lives and pedagogies of Black teachers as deeply interconnected, and excavates the inner-working of how these entities merge. I draw on Teacher Embodiment as Lived Pedagogy, Raciolinguistic Ideologies, and research on Black Language and Black teachers. My data sources are classroom observations, student artifacts, and teacher interviews. Preliminary findings show teachers being able to hear, understand, and teach using Black Language, and how these moments are deeply connected with their raciolinguistic life experiences.

Author

• Alice Y. Lee, University of California - Riverside