Becoming the System
About this episode
Brynn Quick interviews Dr. Nelson Flores about his book examining the impact of bilingual education on racial hierarchies in the U.S.
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick sits down with Dr. Nelson Flores to discuss his 2024 book entitled Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era, published by Oxford University Press. In his book, Dr. Flores examines the ways that institutionalizing bilingual education in the post-Civil Rights Era in the United States has served to maintain rather than challenge racial hierarchies. He and Brynn discuss the lasting legacies of this institutionalization within neoliberal ideologies for Spanish-English bilingual education in the United States from the post WWII era to today. For additional resources, show notes, and transcripts, go here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language
People in this episode
Host: Brynn Quick
Guest: Dr. Nelson Flores
Topics covered
- bilingual education
- racial hierarchies
- post-Civil Rights Era
- neoliberal ideologies
- Spanish-English education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oxford University Press
Books & works: Becoming the System: A Raciolinguistic Genealogy of Bilingual Education in the Post-Civil Rights Era
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