Recent studies of language policy and bilingual education have focused on federal level legislation (Wiley and García in Mod Lang J 100:48–63, 2016 . https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12303 ), and immediate consequences of state level policy. Although Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been employed to analyze the structural impact of local policy on minoritized communities (Davila and Aviles de Bradley in Educ Found 24:39–58, 2010 ), few studies have explicitly connected CRT and language policy, or applied CRT to state level law. In this study, I apply CRT, specifically the theory of whiteness as property (Harris in Harv Law Rev 106:1–63, 1993 ), and the theory of raciolinguistic ideologies to three Washington State laws related to bilingual education: the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Act, the Seal of Biliteracy law, and the Dual Language Grant Program Bill. I utilize a Critical Discourse Analysis to examine the laws, related legislative reports, and materials such as guidelines created by Washington school districts. Results of this analysis suggest that the discourse embedded in these laws and related documents upholds whiteness as a form of property. Further, I relate these findings to language planning, and suggest that language education policy-makers employ racial impact reports (Fathi in Gonzaga Law Rev 47:531–545, 2009 ) in order to re-center race, racism and racial inequity in language planning.

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定义权：在华盛顿州双语教育法中分析白人作为一种财产形式

最近对语言政策和双语教育的研究侧重于联邦层面的立法（Wiley 和 García in Mod Lang J 100:48–63, 2016 . https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12303），以及州政府的直接后果级政策。尽管批判种族理论 (CRT) 已被用于分析地方政策对少数族裔社区的结构影响（Davila 和 Aviles de Bradley in Educ Found 24:39–58, 2010），但很少有研究明确将 CRT 与语言政策联系起来，或将 CRT 应用于州级法律。在这项研究中，我将 CRT，特别是白人作为财产的理论（Harris in Harv Law Rev 106:1–63, 1993 ）和种族语言意识形态理论应用于华盛顿州三项与双语教育相关的法律：过渡性双语教学法案，双语法印章，和双语资助计划法案。我利用批判性话语分析来检查法律、相关立法报告以及华盛顿学区制定的指导方针等材料。这项分析的结果表明，这些法律和相关文件中的话语支持白人作为一种财产形式。此外，我将这些发现与语言规划联系起来，并建议语言教育政策制定者使用种族影响报告（Fathi in Gonzaga Law Rev 47:531-545, 2009 ）以重新定位语言中的种族、种族主义和种族不平等规划。这项分析的结果表明，这些法律和相关文件中的话语支持白人作为一种财产形式。此外，我将这些发现与语言规划联系起来，并建议语言教育政策制定者使用种族影响报告（Fathi in Gonzaga Law Rev 47:531-545, 2009 ）以重新定位语言中的种族、种族主义和种族不平等规划。这项分析的结果表明，这些法律和相关文件中的话语支持白人作为一种财产形式。此外，我将这些发现与语言规划联系起来，并建议语言教育政策制定者使用种族影响报告（Fathi in Gonzaga Law Rev 47:531-545, 2009 ）以重新定位语言中的种族、种族主义和种族不平等规划。