DOI: 10.58680/rte20054493 ISSN: 0034-527X
My Ancestors Didn’t Own Slaves: Understanding White Talk about Race
Jennifer Seibel Trainor- Linguistics and Language
- Education
- Language and Linguistics
In this essay, I address the problem of White racism in the classroom, proposing a way of reading racist discourse that takes into account its emotional dimensions and hence its persuasive appeal for White students.