Thread by @ProfHsieh

I am finally watching/listening to this week's @BlackGazePod conversation w/ Dr. @aprilbakerbell. From the intro, the idea of internalizing linguistic oppression. Whew! Thank you, @DrPorcher & @dr_s_bertrand for this!

Also, I see you @DrPorcher & @dr_s_bertrand. Knowing you, I could hear in your voices how hard it was to be present in this space with #BreonnaTaylor on your hearts & minds. Thank you for standing for #Blacklinguisticjustice in the midst of it all ❤️

"It's intentional to leave us out of language conversations" --@aprilbakerbell #Blacklinguisticjustice #BlackGazePodcast @BlackGazePod

"What is proper? And who decides what is proper and what is not?" @aprilbakerbell #Blacklinguisticjustice #BlackGazePodcast @BlackGazePod

"Anti-Blackness is like smog. We all breathe it in." -- @DrPorcher #Blacklinguisticjustice #BlackGazePodcast @BlackGazePod

I so deeply appreciate when Dr. @aprilbakerbell quotes June Jordan on Black English, "If we lose our fluency in our language, we may irreversibly forsake elements of the spirit that have produced for our survival" Whew. #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod

"Black language is at the center of our survival. It is at the center of Black Lives Matter....Blackness guides us and directs us. It's what's going to connect us" #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod

.@ProfeAustin -- I know you saw that first question to Dr. @aprilbakerbell about combatting anti-Blackness w/in bilingual education -- it's like they knew we were writing together about language education! #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod

"You've got to talk about anti-Black linguistic racism...if you're not, you're not really having a conversation about language & English Language Arts" @aprilbakerbell #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod

Whew! @aprilbakerbell asks, "What did you lose?" when you bought into codeswitching and white linguistic supremacy as leading to opportunity, success or survival... #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod #BlackGazePodcast

"We shouldn't have to follow some sort of code for people not to be racist towards us, and they're still going to be racist towards us." -- @aprilbakerbell #Blacklinguisticjustice @BlackGazePod #Blackgazepodcast

"We can't rely on institutions to educate us about our language." -- @aprilbakerbell -- This is why she & Carmen Kynard created the #Blacklanguagesyllabus: blacklanguagesyllabus.com #Blacklinguisticjustice #Blackgazepodcast @BlackGazePod

"We need to create a world where Black girls & womxn can just be" -- @aprilbakerbell #Blacklinguisticjustice #Blackgazepodcast @BlackGazePod

"Dismantling anti-Black racism is not a one and done, it's a PROCESS and choice because it's been internalized." -- @DrPorcher & Dr. @aprilbakerbell then discuss the commodification of Black language #Blacklinguisticjustice #Blackgazepodcast @BlackGazePod

"If you about that life, you going to find it." -- @DrPorcher #Truth Consider Black womxn's emotional labor. #googleisyourfriend Start w/ the resources that are out there like @BlackGazePod & #Blacklinguisticjustice!

What a gift. What a gift. Y'all are SUCH a gift. Thank you @dr_s_bertrand @DrPorcher & Dr. @aprilbakerbell. Thank you for who each of you is, for who you allow others to be. Thank you @BlackGazePod!

OMG, though, "Don't try us. Try Jesus. We'll sue you." 😂🤣 @dr_s_bertrand I love y'all so much. Y'all giving so much to us for free -- joy, wisdom, brilliance. ❤️ Love you SO much @BlackGazePod