{"pk":36011,"title":"Imperialist Desires in English-Only Language Policy","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This article tackles the questions around the efficacy of the English language in educational contexts.The author argues that the\nanswer to these questions has nothing to do with whether English\nis a more viable language of instruction or whether it promises\nnon-English–speaking students full participation both in school\nand the society at large. This position, in the author’s view, would\npoint to an assumption that English is, in fact, a superior language and that we live in a classless, race-blind society. He proposes, instead, that the attempt to institute proper and effective\nmethods of educating non-English–speaking students rests on a\nfull understanding of the ideological elements that generate and\nsustain linguistic, cultural, and racial discrimination, which represent vestiges of a colonial legacy in our democracy","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section - Language, Identity, and the Legacy of Colonialism","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8339k8pc","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Donaldo","middle_name":"","last_name":"Macedo","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Massachusetts, Boston","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T10:00:00-08:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36011/galley/26863/download/"}]}