[Linganth] [EXT] Re: NYTimes: The MAGA War on Speech

Sat Mar 8 07:53:30 UTC 2025

Good to hear, Summerson!
And one more for the files:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-federal-agencies-websites-words-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

On Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM E. Summerson Carr <esc at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Greetings all,
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>
> A note to let you know how much these messages and ideas are appreciated
> as the SLA Executive Board works to help coordinate effective public
> communications from linguistic anthropologists.   We are thinking not only
> in response to the most recent Executive Order declaring English the
> official language of the U.S., but are also trying to generate methods for
> supporting members’ messaging around other language related issues that
> arise in the months and years to come.  Luckily, across the LSJ and the SLA
> Exec Board, we do have some collective experience with this and we have
> already identified many possible ways forward. Please stay tuned for more
> in the next few weeks.
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>
> All best in the meantime,
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>
> Summerson
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> *From:* aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Duran, Leah G - (leahgduran)
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2025 11:31 AM
> *To:* Katherine Morales <katherineravenna at gmail.com>; Schwartz, Adam <
> Adam.Schwartz at oregonstate.edu>; Toledo Bustamante, Nadxieli <
> toledobustamante at csus.edu>
> *Cc:* Susan Blum <Susan.Blum.24 at nd.edu>; Ana Zentella <
> ana.zentella at gmail.com>; Zukosky, Michael <mzukosky at ewu.edu>; lang and
> social justice <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com>; Alicia
> Muñoz Sánchez <amunoz at ucsd.edu>; Cristian Aquino <paradisocemi at hotmail.com>;
> Rodolfo Mata <matar at wwu.edu>; ricardo otheguy <rotheguygc at gmail.com>;
> Adam Schwartz <adamschwrtz at gmail.com>; Bon Casa <burciuol at hamilton.edu>;
> Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group (
> LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org) <linganth at listserv.linguistlist.org>;
> Rihan Yeh..anthro Lang Lab <ryeh at ucsd.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [EXT] Re: [Linganth] NYTimes: The MAGA War on Speech
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> Hello all!
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> Sharing this statement in case it's of interest:
> https://www.tesol.org/news/tesol-statement-on-the-exec-order-designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-us/
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> One of the things that stood out to me about the  statement is that it
> includes a commitment of the organization to these actions:
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>    - Partner with peer associations advocating against this divisive
>    policy to support and advance fair and equal access to public services,
>    especially education.
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>    -
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>    - Work with government agencies to ensure that the progress made over
>    the past two decades, especially the development of each agency’s language
>    access plan under EO 13166, is not only preserved but continues.
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>    -
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>    - Petition congressional action that recognizes and values the
>    linguistic and cultural diversity of our nation and supports the tenets of
>    EO 13166 in encouraging improvement and access to government services for
>    multilingual learners of English.
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>    -
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>    - Submit public comment to the U.S. commission on Civil Rights
>    briefing, Language Access for Individuals with Limited English
>    Proficiency
>    <https://www.usccr.gov/meetings/2025/03-21-language-access-individuals-limited-english-proficiency>,
>    on the importance in overcoming language barriers for access to government
>    services.
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>    -
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>    - Provide education and advocacy resources to our members and the
>    public that serve multilingual learners and their families.
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> *From:* aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com> on behalf
> of Katherine Morales <katherineravenna at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 4, 2025 5:08 PM
> *To:* Schwartz, Adam <Adam.Schwartz at oregonstate.edu>; Toledo Bustamante,
> Nadxieli <toledobustamante at csus.edu>
> *Cc:* Susan Blum <Susan.Blum.24 at nd.edu>; Ana Zentella <
> ana.zentella at gmail.com>; Zukosky, Michael <mzukosky at ewu.edu>; lang and
> social justice <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com>; Alicia
> Muñoz Sánchez <amunoz at ucsd.edu>; Cristian Aquino <paradisocemi at hotmail.com>;
> Rodolfo Mata <matar at wwu.edu>; ricardo otheguy <rotheguygc at gmail.com>;
> Adam Schwartz <adamschwrtz at gmail.com>; Bon Casa <burciuol at hamilton.edu>;
> Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group (
> LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org) <linganth at listserv.linguistlist.org>;
> Rihan Yeh..anthro Lang Lab <ryeh at ucsd.edu>
> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [Linganth] NYTimes: The MAGA War on Speech
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> *External Email*
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> Thank you all for these resources and efforts and for keeping the
> conversation going on matters related to social justice.
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> The LSJ is currently working on a number of initiatives including on the
> topic of surveillance/freedom of speech but none so far specifically
> targeted at issuing a statement for the making English as official
> language. However, this is something we can certainly add to our efforts of
> public outreach and it would certainly be helpful to continue to receive
> recommendations on how to do this or word this, as some of you have been
> doing — we appreciate it. Feel free to get in touch with us personally, the
> co-chairs of the LSJ Steering Committee: Nadxieli (
> toledobustamante at csus.edu) or myself (krm2144 at tc.columbia.edu/
> katherineravenna at gmail.com).
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> We are currently working on a document that summarizes some of our
> discussions from our previous February General meeting, including
> discussions around our initiatives, which we hope to share with you in the
> incoming days.
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> Thank you all for this.
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> Kind regards,
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> Katherine
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> Katherine Morales, Ph.D.
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> Linguistics lecturer and researcher
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> Brooklyn, NY 11217, United States
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> https://sites.google.com/view/katherinemoralesphd/
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> On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM 'Schwartz, Adam' via AAA Task Group on
> Language and Social Justice <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all—we might consider connecting with Dan Olson-- professor of Span
> and Ling at Purdue-- who has just put out a great piece for The
> Conversation worth circulating:
> https://theconversation.com/making-english-the-official-us-language-cant-erase-the-fact-that-the-us-has-millions-of-spanish-speakers-and-a-long-multilingual-history-250030
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> Dan’s a friend and colleague, and I’m sure would be eager to support if
> not assist in these efforts.
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> *From: *'Susan Blum' via AAA Task Group on Language and Social Justice <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com>
> *Date: *Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
> *To: *Ana Zentella <ana.zentella at gmail.com>
> *Cc: *Zukosky, Michael <mzukosky at ewu.edu>, lang and social justice <
> aaa-task-group-on-language-and-social-justice at googlegroups.com>, Alicia
> Muñoz Sánchez <amunoz at ucsd.edu>, Cristian Aquino <paradisocemi at hotmail.com>,
> Rodolfo Mata <matar at wwu.edu>, ricardo otheguy <rotheguygc at gmail.com>,
> Adam Schwartz <adamschwrtz at gmail.com>, Bon Casa <burciuol at hamilton.edu>,
> Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group (
> LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org) <linganth at listserv.linguistlist.org>,
> Rihan Yeh..anthro Lang Lab <ryeh at ucsd.edu>
> *Subject: *Re: [Linganth] NYTimes: The MAGA War on Speech
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> This is our moment. We need to get a statement into newspapers, substacks,
> ASAP. We all teach about this. We can take AC's statement as a foundation
> and try to get it published widely.
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> On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM Ana Zentella <ana.zentella at gmail.com>
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> I citculated a statement for all to mail or email to white house but am
> traveling out of country now..limited wifi. Hope someone sends it to you?
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> On Sat, Mar 1, 2025, 11:00 AM Zukosky, Michael <mzukosky at ewu.edu> wrote:
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> Is there a plan for the Society for Linguistic Anthropology or Language &
> Social Justice group to release a response statement to Trump’s move to
> make English the official language of the U.S.?
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> https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sign-executive-order-making-english-official-us-language-wsj-reports-2025-02-28/
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> *From: *Linganth <linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf
> of Ana Zentella <ana.zentella at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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> Muñoz Sánchez <amunoz at ucsd.edu>, Cristian Aquino <paradisocemi at hotmail.com>,
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> *Subject: *[Linganth] NYTimes: The MAGA War on Speech
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> The MAGA War on Speech
> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opinion/free-speech-trump-maga.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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