ABSTRACT Private English language schools market the language as a tool that helps one connect with others from different cultures. Despite their promotion of English aiding in intercultural communication, these institutions may believe that only the white native speaker is the ideal teacher of the language. This valuing of the white native speaker can consequently act as an organisational inequality regime that marginalises nonwhite teachers. Using qualitative interviews with 10 nonwhite instructors working in schools in Toronto, Canada, this article investigates the ways in which these teachers experience the inequality regime of the white native speaker at work. The findings indicate that the teachers experience this inequality regime as a series of microaggressions that involve space, competence and customer desire. The article concludes with suggestions to dismantle inequality regimes in private institutions.

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私立英语语言学校的白人母语者和不平等制度

摘要 私立英语语言学校将这种语言作为一种工具进行营销，帮助人们与来自不同文化的人建立联系。尽管他们提倡英语有助于跨文化交流，但这些机构可能认为只有以白人为母语的人才是该语言的理想教师。因此，这种对以白人为母语的人的重视可以作为一种组织不平等制度，使非白人教师边缘化。通过对在加拿大多伦多学校工作的 10 名非白人教师进行定性访谈，本文调查了这些教师在工作中如何体验以白人为母语的人的不平等制度。研究结果表明，教师将这种不平等制度视为一系列涉及空间、能力和客户需求的微观攻击。