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The implementation of Proposition 227 has created chaos, uncertainty, and a hostile environment for bilingual education teachers. This study describes the experiences of 20 bilingual education teachers in Southern California. In in-depth interviews, teachers speak out about the challenges, frustrations, fears, and the increasing animosity they face on a daily basis, and how they resist and contest the “language enforcer” role in various ways. Out of the chaos that has been created by Proposition 227, these bilingual teachers have emerged as the language civil rights activists of the new millennium.
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Valdez, E.O. Winning the Battle, Losing the War: Bilingual Teachers and Post-Proposition 227. The Urban Review 33, 237–253 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010318121558
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