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Raciolinguistics

In the context of Native English speaking, languaging race relates to the connection of native English speaking to whiteness, which is rooted in colonization. More specifically, perpetuated colonial distinctions between European and non-European reinforce distinctions between whiteness and nonwhiteness, reproducing perceptions of race and language. Accordingly, people of racialized groups may be perceived as not being able to speak a language despite their fluency. For instance, the employment experience of African immigrants suggests that the evaluation of their accents when speaking English is rooted in the racist association of Black bodies with unintelligible speech.


 * In Racioloinguistics and the aesthetic laborer, Vijay discusses the expectation of performative whiteness as it relates to speaking English.
 * Race plays a significant role in "sounding right" for customers in several industries such as retail and hospitality, thereby reinforcing racial hierarchies.
 * The listener evaluating the proficiency of a racialized subject may not always be white, which indicates a larger structural issue.
 * This is especially true within the context of English Language Teaching, to the extent to which White non-native English speakers with little proficiency are often chosen over fluent speakers that are people of color.
 * Agents at an Indian call center "whiten" their voices in an effort to improve their appearance to western callers.
 * Workers who successfully whiten their voices tend to report positive encounters with callers.
 * Linguistic whiteness manifests within an interaction between racialized youth and authority by switching to a more standardized form of a language.
 * Agents in Indian call centers are trained to "neutralize" their accents when speaking English by learning American or British accents.
 * Agents in Indian call centers are trained to "neutralize" their accents when speaking English by learning American or British accents.