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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream @ OISE, University of Toronto / Mainly examining the intersections of language, race, and work within the context of education / he, him https://www.vijay-ramjattan.com/
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Asian international students in North American universities are subject to raciolinguistic surveillance and policing such as being - obliged to prove their proficiency in English - perceived as needing accent training - accused of plagiarism - deemed "too quiet" in class

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Asian international students in North American universities are subject to raciolinguistic surveillance and policing such as being - obliged to prove their proficiency in English - perceived as needing accent training - accused of plagiarism - deemed "too quiet" in class

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AI in language education is not just a pedagogical issue. It is also a labour issue.

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Linguistic racism is an institutional practice, not just an individual practice.

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Hot take: This is bad, actually! Educational programming should be accessible to all children, particularly those with limited access to other developmentally appropriate and beneficial resources. But what's the solution? Many people don't even have access to live network TV like PBS anyway. 🧵

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Mini linguistics lesson: 1) bilingualism is not double monolingualism 2) standard language is invented, not natural 3) no one is accentless

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Any type of anti-racist education must emphasize that you do not need to be white to perpetuate white supremacy.

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Whether they are treated as commodities by universities or positioned as scapegoats for various socioeconomic issues, international students are always dehumanized.

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Sadly, many organizations conceptualize anti-racism as the hiding of racism rather than the elimination of it.

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Myths of meritocracy infiltrate many aspects of language learning. For example, if you do not achieve "native-like" pronunciation, it was because you did not try hard enough (rather than the fact that few people can live up to such an unrealistic standard).

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The "Indian accent" that frustrates you when talking to a call centre agent is the same Indian accent that adds "authenticity" to your dining experience in an Indian restaurant. Context always shapes listening practices.

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Divestment victory! Yesterday, the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) voted to call on the University Pension Plan (UPP) to divest from the manufacture of weapons used to commit or facilitate war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory & Sudan www.cjpme.org/who_supports...

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Universities: We want you to study social justice, not actually do social justice.

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“Standard English” is an ideology used to police other Englishes.

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Even when organizations desire "diversity," it is important to remember that they typically want a "palatable diversity" or an "assimilable diversity." They do not want "diversity" that fundamentally challenges the status quo.

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Instead of immediately trying to change the accents of racially minoritized students, an anti-racist pronunciation pedagogy would be focused on changing listening practices conditioned by ideologies of white supremacy.

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For @jmhenner.bsky.social. We — @savithry.bsky.social and I — wrote “How to crip your sign language linguistic theory”. Open access. academic.oup.com/jdsde/advanc...

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My very first book is available for pre-order! Workable Accents explores how international teaching assistants conceptualize accent in relation to academic labor. Please ask your (university) library to order a copy: shorturl.at/KUC4R @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyling.bsky.social

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

Racism is a product of race ❌ Race is a product of racism ✅

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Language rights continue to be an underappreciated component of worker rights. Workers should have the right to use their entire linguistic repertoires on the job.

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The SAGE Handbook of Decolonial Theory is listed on the publisher's website. You now have access to TOCs. Final cover with Palestine in our leaden hearts. Check out the chapter titles. us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/th...

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As these dudes try to glorify factory work-May Day is a fight that we should be learning from. Here’s a quick reminder of the history of May Day and the fight for the 8 hour work day. Art by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/in...!

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I am not crossing the border into the US at this time, catch me online on May 7. Chatting about border imperialism and centering border abolition in our internationalist fights against fascism and colonialism.

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

Workplace racism often manifests in all of the self-presentation rules that racially minoritized jobseekers have to adopt such as - modifying their accents - changing their attire - "fixing" their hair - choosing a "white-sounding" name - controlling their emotions

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Sharing reflections from our research on multilingual journeys! ✨ How bodies, emotions, and spaces shape bilingualism in everyday life. Part of our bigger project on capabilities and belonging. Blog here: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/25/e... Thanks to #RIS and @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

"Normal" is a word that needs to be problematized on a regular basis.

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White supremacy does not magically disappear if you pretend that it does not exist.

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Learning a language International travel Being in an interracial relationship Working in a helping profession These are some things that do not automatically translate into anti-racism.

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"Accent reduction" reinforces accent discrimination because the point is to vocally conform to this discrimination, not challenge it.

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Instead of encouraging resilience from the marginalized, encourage the end of their oppression.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Watching the situation with international students in the United States from afar, I found myself writing this piece: 'Where is the field's voice against the erosion of international students' civil liberties?' researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/22/w...

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

To study racialization means appreciating that there are so many ways to racialize people beyond skin colour. Language is one underappreciated way to racialize someone.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Language policing: don't say "Palestine," "genocide," etc. Tone policing: don't express outrage about a genocide Policing: don't protest a genocide or face arrest

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"Skilled" and "unskilled immigrant" are policy creations used to serve elite interests.

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When Jonathan Rosa and I critiqued appropriateness-based approaches to language education this is what we meant. When you criminalize entire populations, nothing they ever do will be recognized as appropriate by the white perceiving subject.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

FYI: Language teachers are not lesser teachers.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Language-based compliments typically operate as language-based microaggressions. For example: "You're so articulate" "You don't have an accent" "You don't sound like your race"

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An anti-capitalist adult education places importance on community and social justice rather than employability and skill acquisition.

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Accentedness is real. Accentlessness is not.

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Pedagogies of white supremacy try to teach such points as the following: - racism is gone; “reverse racism" persists - anti-racism is indoctrination - race is genetic - meritocracy is real - western = "civilized" - linguistic assimilation is necessary - "white" is a slur

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Burnout happens not because workers failed to practice enough self-care. Burnout happens because the working conditions that cause burnout were never addressed.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment