TY - JOUR
AB -  N. Dede A. Addy "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me" - or so the old saying goes. And yet, throughout history particular words and labels have been linked to manifestations of power and domination. Some labels may be highly charged, controversial, or derogatory, such as slut, Octaroon, or illegal immigrant. Others may be more mundane, but still associated with material consequences, such as sir, ma'am, boy, criminal, or blue collar. The mere categorization of words as politically correct or incorrect is an indication of their social power. In the realm of education, references to culturally and linguistically diverse students are now in vogue. In recent years this phrase has been the label of choice to describe the growing diversity in the U.S student population, often used to refer to students who are immigrants, who are not White or who speak languages other than, standardized English. A basic database search on JSTOR for material related to culturally and linguistically diverse students alone yielded 3,788 papers. It is noteworthy that educational scholars, practitioners, and policymakers are taking students from marginalized cultural and linguistic backgrounds into greater consideration, because historically, the U.S. educational system 
TI - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and the Power of Labels
JF - The High School Journal
DA - 2015-04-23
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/university-of-north-carolina-press/culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-students-and-the-power-of-labels-mM2uqpBAlp
SP - 205
EP - 207
VL - 98
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -