Tackling linguistic discrimination
Between September and December 2023, Babylonia collected questions from parents regarding their children's language development. This article aims to answer the following questions: • It is 2024: why does our society still discriminate so strongly against certain languages and dialects? A Tig...
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Association Babylonia Switzerland
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Babylonia |
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| Online Access: | https://babylonia.online/index.php/babylonia/article/view/431 |
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| Summary: | Between September and December 2023, Babylonia collected questions from parents regarding their children's language development. This article aims to answer the following questions:
• It is 2024: why does our society still discriminate so strongly against certain languages and dialects? A Tigrinya-speaking child receives little appreciation from educational institutions compared to an English-speaking child. What are we still doing wrong? Who is most responsible for this inequality? How could these asymmetries be reduced as soon as possible? Why are decision-makers not interested in changing this?
• People always say that we should cultivate children's native/first languages. However, our family language is not welcome at school as part of the regular timetable, i.e., it is not promoted – isn't this institutional discrimination? Why is this not (yet) being discussed in Switzerland? Is linguicism not an issue?
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| ISSN: | 1420-0007 2673-6454 |