#3880. From Haiti to Detroit Through Black Immigrant Languages and Literacies

September 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This research undertakes a textual analysis of an autobiographically informed novel, American Street, to analyze the process of identity formation of a Black Haitian immigrant youth in the United States. The goal of this analysis is to provide insights into the role of languages and literacies for Black immigrant youth in (re)constructing their identities. Analysis revealed the significance of one youth’s resistance to raciolinguistic ideologies, reliance on her Haitian faith literacies, and deployment of multiliteracy practices in (re)constructing her identity. We call for increased research that illuminates the complexity of the language and literacy processes involved in Black immigrant youth’s negotiations with identity in new homelands.
Keywords:
Black immigrants; language; multiliteracies; race; textual analysis

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