The Spanish language in the United States : rootedness, racialization, and resistance / edited by José A. Cobas, Bonnie Urciuoli, Joe R. Feagin, and Daniel J. Delgado.

Language, race, and power. Introduction: Language, racialization, and power / Bonnie Urciuoli, José A. Cobas, Joe R. Feagin and Daniel J. Delgado -- The case of middle-class Latinos in the United States / José A. Cobas and Joe R. Feagin, "Language oppression and resistance" -- Rootedness. The early political history of Spanish in the United States / Rosina Lozano -- The demography and socioeconomic standing of Spanish-language Latinos / Rogelio Sáenz and Daniel Mamani -- Racialization. What anti-Spanish prejudice tells us about whiteness / Bonnie Urciuoli -- A language-elsewhere : a friendlier linguistic terrorism / Mike Mena -- "You are not allowed to speak Spanish! This is an American hospital!" : Puerto Ricans' experiences with linguistic discrimination and otherness in central Florida / Alessandra Rosa, Elizabeth Aranda, and Hilary Dotson -- Black Spanish, white leanings, trigueño mythologies in Puerto Rico / Michelle Ramos Pelicia and Sharon Elise -- Resistance. The enchantment of language resistance in Puerto Rico / Kevin Alejandrez and Ana Liberato -- Subtracting Spanish and forcing English : my lived experience in Texas public schools / José Angel Gutiérrez.

"This book addresses the rootedness of Spanish in the US, its racialization--and Spanish-speakers resistance against racialization. This novel approach challenges the "foreigner" status of Spanish and shows that racialization victims do not take their oppression meekly. It traces the rootedness of Spanish since the 1500's when members of the Spanish empire began the settlement of the new land. Today, 39 million U.S. Latinos speak Spanish at home--the world's fourth largest population of Spanish speakers. Authors show how whites categorize Spanish speaking in ways that denigrate the non-standard language habits of Spanish speakers-including in schools-highlighting ways of overcoming racism"-- Provided by publisher.