Abstract
Based on a four-year ethnography, I draw on critical race theory and Bourdieuian theory of language to analyze why a Chinese Immigrant couple regarded their 1.5-Generation Chinese Canadian leaders at an evangelical Christian church as "Westerners," and how the leaders differentiated themselves from "Westerners" and "Chinese/Immigrants." I argue that language and race intersect in complicated ways to racialize Immigrants and their children differently, and linguistic nationalism as a form of structural racism permeates everyday interactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 54-70 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Anthropology and Education Quarterly |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 1.5-Generation
- Chinese immigrants in Canada
- Evangelical Christian church
- Language discrimination
- Structural racism