The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative

The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Race and Language Around the World
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80041-940-7
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Discusses the many ways that racism and hierarchies of language hinder honesty and harm society.

In this bold attempt to challenge readers’ assumptions about racial prejudice, JPB Gerald explores how racism and hierarchies of language hinder effective education and harm societies around the world. Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought across the globe.

The chapters address how racism and harmful linguistic ideologies are perceived, and how these perceptions are influenced and exacerbated by popular culture, which often obscures the reality of intersecting axes of oppression. The book concludes by drawing together the common threads and exploring how readers can challenge and change the narrative.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gerald, Jpb

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue

Introduction

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Chapter 1. A Progressive Paradise?: The Pacific Northwest

Chapter 2. Untruths and Reconciliation: Canada

Chapter 3. It’s Time for the Sun to Set: The United Kingdom

Chapter 4. Jim Croc: Australia

Chapter 5. The Purveyors of Public Pedagogy: California

Chapter 6. Trying to 'Nice' It Away: The Midwest

Chapter 7. The 'Right' Kind of Spanish: Mexico

Chapter 8. EFL on a Rampage: South Korea and Japan

Chapter 9. Learning Colonialism: Algeria

Chapter 10. Trapped in the Sunken Place: New England

Chapter 11. The Goodest Country: Finland

Chapter 12. Lacking the Tools: Italy

Chapter 13. Home Sweet Home?: New York City

Conclusion

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Citations!

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald, Jpb
JPB Gerald is an independent scholar of issues around language, race and neurodivergence (which he combines with work in a non-profit), based in New York, USA. He is the author of Antisocial Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters, 2022) and a book for K12 teachers Embracing the Exceptions (Routledge, 2025).

JPB Gerald is an independent scholar of issues around language, race and neurodivergence, based in New York, USA. He is the author of Antisocial Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters, 2022) and a book for K12 teachers Embracing the Exceptions (Routledge, 2025).