The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom

Lisa Delpit's book makes use of vignettes and personal dialogue to discuss how educators have used language as a way to segregate and alienate students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.

Content Areas:
General
Categories:
Cultural Diversity, Diverse Income Levels, Language Diversity
Media Type:
Book
Citation:

Delpit, L. (2008). The skin that we speak: Thoughts on language and culture in the classroom.  New York: The New Press.

Submitted by:
Calli Lewis Chiu
clewischiu@fullerton.edu