#LanguageMatters #EpistemicInjustice #HumanRights
#LinguisticHumanRights
#Justice #Discrimination #Sociolinguistics #Migrants #Language #Victimology

@lauraskh.bsky.social @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social @amandaknox.com

More prescient than ever

They leave home

'You only leave home when home won't let you stay'
But can they speak English you ask?

Warsan Shire- Home
youtu.be/o_XKy5g9rX8?...

#LanguageMatters #LanguagePolicy #LinguisticHumanRights #Racism #Immigration #Refugees
#Marginalisation #AsylumSeekers

15 years on with my hashtag...Still TOP priority #LanguageMatters

Credibility in assessment in Legal situations #LinguisticHumanRights #Justice

Our mother tongue is our heart language & being embarrassed or afraid to speak up in our heart language is a harm
A Silencing in Education or any other public service from NHS to Judicial system is a communication access issue

#diversity #MotherTongue #LinguisticHumanRights #multilingualism #esol

Today we celebrate #InternationalMotherLanguage

From the Love Language we learn from birth to the Language of our Soul
It is Personal
It is Political
Language is Power

How do we defend & preserve ?
How do we use it?

#LanguageRights #LinguisticHumanRights
#MotherTongue