Ian Cushing
@iancushing.bsky.social
Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2025.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
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i was one of the linguists who wrote an expert report for this case. it is another example - and it will not be the last - of how anti-Black linguistic racism is an institutional design feature of the police, and how some language practices get persistently framed as signs of criminality.
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
i was one of the linguists who wrote an expert report for this case. it is another example - and it will not be the last - of how anti-Black linguistic racism is an institutional design feature of the police, and how some language practices get persistently framed as signs of criminality.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
it’s so cool there were so many students and teachers there :) I know Julia loved that !
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
it’s so cool there were so many students and teachers there :) I know Julia loved that !