Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: reimagining language and social justice / Netta Avineri, Laura R. Graham, Eric J. Johnson, Robin Conley Riner, Jonathan Rosa -- "Never tell me how to say it": race, language ideologies, and harm reduction in secondary English classrooms / Julia Daniels -- Identifying "racists" while ignoring racism: the case of the alleged slur on George Zimmerman's 911 tape / Adam Hodges -- Contesting representations of migrant "illegality" through the drop the i-word campaign: rethinking language change and social change? / Jonathan Rosa -- Communicating and contesting Islamophobia / Mariam Durrani -- Languages of liberation: digital discourses of emphatic blackness / Krystal Smalls -- Issues of equity in dual language bilingual education / Kathryn Henderson, Lina Martín-Corredor, & Genevieve Caffrey -- Colorado's READ Act: a case study in policy advocacy against monolingual normativity / Kara Mitchell Viesca & Luis Poza -- Dual language education as a state equity strategy / Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Martha Martinez, & Rosa Molina -- Ubuntu translanguaging and social justice: negotiating power and identity through multilingual education in Tanzania / Monica Shank -- A critical interrogation of the "language gap" / Eric Johnson -- Language, justice, and rabies: notes from a fatal crossroads / Charles Briggs -- Ethics, expertise, and inequities in global health discourses: the case of non-profit HIV/AIDS research in South Africa / Steven Black -- Interpreting deaf HIV/AIDS: a dialogue / Mark Byrd & Leila Monaghan -- Language as health: healing in indigenous communities in Guatemala through the revitalization of Mayan languages / David Flood, Anita Chary, Peter Rohloff, & Brent Henderson -- Mascots, name calling, and racial slurs: seeking social justice through audience coalescence / Netta Avineri & Bernard Perley -- The language of activism: representations of social justice in a university space in Argentina / Suriati Abas & James Damico -- California Latinx youth as agents of sociolinguistic justice / Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas, & Jin Sook Lee -- Pronouns and possibilities: transgender language activism and reform / Lal Zimman -- (De)occupying language / H. Samy Alim -- A'uwē-Xavante represent: rights and resistance in native language signage on Brazil's federal highways / Laura R. Graham -- The universal declaration of linguistic rights / Joyce Milambiling -- "Linguistically isolated": challenging the U.S. Census Bureau's harmful classification / Ana Celia Zentella -- Immigrants facing linguistic barriers in the U.S. justice system: case studies from North Carolina / Dominika Baran & Quinn Holmquist -- Communicating humanity: how defense attorneys use mitigation narratives to advocate for clients / Robin Conley Riner & Elizabeth Vartkessian.

"From bilingual education and racial epithets to gendered pronouns and immigration discourses, language is a central concern in contemporary conversations and controversies surrounding social inequality. Developed as a collaborative effort by members of the American Anthropological Association's Language and Social Justice Task Force, this innovative volume synthesizes scholarly insights on the relationship between patterns of communication and the creation of more just societies. Using case studies by leading and emergent scholars written especially for undergraduate audiences, the book is ideal for introductory courses on social justice in linguistics and anthropology"--