The CATESOL Journal

This article first provides a framing of how raciolinguistics exists in the world despite global progress in the past century. Raciolinguistics is then defined within a historical context that leads to Europeanness versus non-Europeanness (white or nonwhite) differentiation, social hierarchies, racial oppression, and modern-day linguistic violence. The second section addresses language education in relation to an additive approach, raciolinguistic approach, or provincializing English. The third section introduces linguistic profiling within Spanishspeaking Latinx communities. In the fourth section, I share some of my experiences as a cis gendered Black man speaking Japanese in Japan and my experiences being a Black man speaking English in the United States. Finally, I include activities for educators and students that can be used to move towards anti-racist teaching and learning environments. In conclusion, there is always action that needs to be taken to resist complacency and to engage with anti-racist pedagogy in classrooms and teacher training.