"Westerners," "Chinese," and/or "Us": Exploring the intersections of language, race, religion, and immigrantization

Huamei Han

doi:10.1111/aeq.12047

"Westerners," "Chinese," and/or "Us": Exploring the intersections of language, race, religion, and immigrantization

Huamei Han^*

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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
Pages (from-to)	54-70
Number of pages	17
Journal	Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12047
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

1.5-Generation
Chinese immigrants in Canada
Evangelical Christian church
Language discrimination
Structural racism

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