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Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice

2018232 pagesCambridge University Press

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"[The author's] observations piqued his curiosity about the ways that linguistic diversity might be related to the burgeoning Civil Rights movement for racial equality in America. [The author] pursued these ideas whilst traveling internationally only to discover alternative forms of linguistic discrimination in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and South America. He coined the phrase 'linguistic profiling' based on experimental studies of housing discrimination, and expanded upon those findings to promote equity in education, employment, medicine and the law. This book is the product of the culmination of these studies, devoted to the advancement of equality and justice globally."--

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John Baugh is an author whose work explores the intersection of language, culture, and social justice. He is known for books such as Literacy in African American Communities and Linguistics in Pursuit of Justice.

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