A professor at Arizona State University called for the end to “White supremacy language,” in the classroom and to change the methodology of grading papers in favor of labor-based grading that will redistribute “power,” Fox News reported.
“White language supremacy in writing classrooms is due to the uneven and diverse linguistic legacies that everyone inherits, and the racialized white discourses that are used as standards, which give privilege to those students who embody those habits of white language already,” Asao Inoue, professor of rhetoric and composition at Arizona State University, said in an online discussion Thursday, the College Fix reported.
Inoue added that White supremacy culture “makes up the culture and normal practices of our classrooms and disciplines.” To combat the issues, Inoue suggested implementing Marxist-style ‘labor-based’ grading, which “redistributes power in ways that allow for more diverse habits of language to circulate.” He also discussed what he calls, “Habits of White Language,” which he defines as the common method teachers and professors utilize to grade papers.
“Labor-based grading structurally changes everyone’s relationship to dominant standards of English that come from elite, masculine, heteronormative, ableist, white racial groups of speakers,” Inoue said in a presentation, the College Fix reported.
