# The Cost of Code-Switching

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- Book: [The Cost of Code-Switching](https://www.bookquiver.com/jamila-j-lyiscott/the-cost-of-code-switching) ([The Cost of Code-Switching.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jamila-j-lyiscott/the-cost-of-code-switching.md))
- Authors: [Jamila J. Lyiscott](https://www.bookquiver.com/jamila-j-lyiscott)
- Publisher: beacon_press
- ISBN: 978-08-0702-445-4
- Pages: 168
- Published: 2027-02-23
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

An indictment of the racial terror that code-switching has wreaked upon people of color for centuries—and a vision for linguistic justice What is it like to be taught that the language that raised...