Language, race, and power. Introduction: Language, racialization, and power / Bonnie Urciuoli, José A. Cobas, Joe R. Feagin and Daniel J. Delgado -- The case of middle-class Latinos in the United States / José A. Cobas and Joe R. Feagin, "Language oppression and resistance" -- Rootedness. The early political history of Spanish in the United States / Rosina Lozano -- The demography and socioeconomic standing of Spanish-language Latinos / Rogelio Sáenz and Daniel Mamani -- Racialization. What anti-Spanish prejudice tells us about whiteness / Bonnie Urciuoli -- A language-elsewhere : a friendlier linguistic terrorism / Mike Mena -- "You are not allowed to speak Spanish! This is an American hospital!" : Puerto Ricans' experiences with linguistic discrimination and otherness in central Florida / Alessandra Rosa, Elizabeth Aranda, and Hilary Dotson -- Black Spanish, white leanings, trigueño mythologies in Puerto Rico / Michelle Ramos Pelicia and Sharon Elise -- Resistance. The enchantment of language resistance in Puerto Rico / Kevin Alejandrez and Ana Liberato -- Subtracting Spanish and forcing English : my lived experience in Texas public schools / José Angel Gutiérrez.