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Critical Literacy for Xenophobia: A Wake‐Up Call
Author(s) -
Stevens Lisa Patel,
Stovall David Omotoso
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.54.4.8
Subject(s) - xenophobia , critical literacy , literacy , immigration , inclusion (mineral) , ethnic group , critical theory , legislation , sociology , political science , critical pedagogy , pedagogy , law , gender studies
Critical literacy has been on the map of literacy pedagogy internationally since the time of Freire, and more commonplace in the United States in the last few decades. However, in this column the authors argue that the common practices of critical literacy are insufficient for critical engagement with texts. The tools of critical literacy are employed to explore ways in which recent legislation about immigration and ethnicity in Arizona is connected to racialized laws of exclusion and inclusion in the United States.