Exploring Racial Code-Switching in Education Unapologetic Perspectives and Actionable Strategies

Part One: Unapologetic – Understanding the History and Core Concepts 

Introduction Social Factors That Have Shaped the Practice of Racial Code-Switching

Alice Ragland

Chapter One: The Weight of Double Consciousness: Understanding the Cost of Racial Code-Switching Among People of Color 

Joy DeGruy and Bahia Cross Overton

Vignette: Braiding Identity Through Racial Code-Switching and Two-Eyed Seeing

Claudia Fox Tree

Chapter Two: Yes, There is a Theory to Support the Idea of Racial Code-Switching

Heidi Nicholls

Vignette: My Childhood as an Interstellar Traveler

Maurice Dolberry

Chapter Three: What is the “Code”: Law & Policy Creating the Conditions for Code-Switching

Jackie Battalora

Vignette: Relatability or Appropriation? A White Educator Navigating Racialized Boundaries

Andrew Knips  

Chapter Four: "No, I won't speak the white way": Counterstories of Surviving white Emotionalities Through Racial Code-Switching

Cheryl E. Matias, Yesenia Castro, and Dominic Cooper

Vignette: Racial Code-Switching from Childhood to Career

Shabiroon Vereen

Chapter Five: Beyond Words: Conceptualizing Non-Linguistic Code-Switching

Alice Ragland

Vignette: My Code to Switch 

Ivy Alphonse-Crean

Chapter Six: Code-Switching Is a Whole Thing: Linguistic Code-Switching through the Lens of AAL

Sonja Lanehart

Vignette: “¿Hablas español?”: A Vignette on Belonging, Code-Switching, and Holding Space 

Ashley Love

Part Two - Unapologetic in Pk-12

Chapter Seven: What Happens to Belonging When Students Must Speak Another Language to Be Seen, Heard, and Valued

ananda de oliveira mirilli

Vignette: When the Switch Doesn’t Turn Off

Carrie Romo

Chapter Eight: “You Just Don’t Get It”: The Burden of Racial Code-Switching in High School  

Senetneb Theba

Vignette: Does Code-Switching Divide My Identity

Nabeeha Qadri 

Chapter Nine: Racial Code-Switching in the World of Independent and Private Schools

Naomi Rae Taylor, Julia Maria Taylor

Vignette: Living Between Worlds: Code-Switching in a White Wealthy World

Kaleb Ford

Vignette: Adorned and Undeterred: The Power and Price of Showing Up Whole

Rodney Glasgow

Chapter Ten: Embracing and Affirming Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Binta Bah Washington

Vignette: How Racial Code-Switching Impacts Students: From a Black Woman’s Perspective in Academia

Jessica Ridegeway

Vignette: Navigating Challenging Linguistic Spaces in Higher Education and Abroad

Simanique Moody

Part Three – Unapologetic in Higher Education

Chapter Eleven: Creating Inclusive Environments and Opportunities for All to Thrive

Heidi Nicholls

Vignette: All The More Wiser: Racial Code-Switching as a School Administrator

Orinthia Swindell

Chapter Twelve: When You Cannot Be You: The Cost of Code-Switching and Backlash for DEI Education Professionals of Color

John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas

Vignette: Don’t Let this Suit and Tie Fool You!

Bryant Smith

Chapter Thirteen: Unlearning the Learning: Sports, Academics & Racial Code-Switching

Eddie Moore, Jr., Eddie Moore III

Vignette: Learning to Navigate the Field: How Racial Code-Switching Shaped My Life in Football

Jarrius James

Part Four – Next Steps

Chapter Fourteen: Being a White Co-Conspirator to Break the Code

Carmen Iannarelli

Vignette: Hoʻoulu Naʻauao: Racial Code-Switching to Cultivate Brilliance

Catherine Wong

Chapter Fifteen: Unapologetic Resources for an Unapologetic Classroom

Marguerite W. Penick

Chapter Sixteen: [Un]racializing Code-Switching: Reclaiming Code-Switching as Authentic and Liberatory Cultural Practice

Michael Benitez

Vignette: Applying the Tools: Code-Switching as Strategy and Survival
Alexander Clemetson & Alice Ragland 

Chapter Seventeen: A Broken, Beautiful, Piece of Art:  Empowering the Next Generation

Interview with Yusef Salaam

Conclusion: Naming the Cost, Reclaiming the Self

Alice Ragland

Biography

Alice Ragland is Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts at Columbus College of Art & Design, USA.

Eddie Moore, Jr., also known as Dr. Diversity, is a top motivational speaker and educator, especially for his work with K-16 students.  

Marguerite W. Penick is an Endowed Professor of Leadership, Literacy, and Social Foundations at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, USA.