ERIC Number: EJ1458258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
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Dr. Ling-Chi Wang Reflections on "Lau v. Nichols" (1974): Bilingual Education, Language Rights, and Political Activism
Bilingual Research Journal, v47 n4 p554-562 2024
Born in Xiamen, China in 1938, Dr. Ling-Chi Wang was the founder of Chinese for Affirmative Action, an organization focused on affirmative action in employment, representation of the Chinese in politics, voting, and language rights. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Asian American Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Ling-Chi established the Asian American Studies program at Berkeley, teaching its first course in 1969. In this paper, Ling-Chi shares his perspectives on the long history of Chinese discrimination dating back to the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and his years as a political activist during the 1960s to the present in San Francisco's Chinatown. His role in community organizing was pivotal in the events leading up to this pivotal U.S. Supreme Court case. Ling Chi's reflections on activism and linguistic justice documents his imprint on the this language rights case that has shaped US educational language policies for the last fifty years.
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Chinese Americans, Activism, Racism, Civil Rights, Bilingual Education, English Learners, Personal Narratives, Immigrants, Community Action
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California (San Francisco)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Lau v Nichols
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