8.2: What Is Coded Language?

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

I’ve been thinking a lot about coded language lately.

If you’re unfamiliar with that term, coded language is when someone is talking negatively about a marginalized group without explicitly saying who they’re talking about — but the “code” is that other people in the dominant culture know exactly who they’re talking about.

While coded language is seemingly neutral, it is actually very harmful. In this episode, I share the story from my own life that is the reason why coded language has been on my mind, and you’ll also hear:

What coded language is generally
What racist coded language is specifically
What to do when you hear racist coded language
Break down a few examples of codes language

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Jasmine Bradshaw, the host and founder of the First Name Basis Podcast, is an anti-racist educator and former second-grade teacher who has a passion for helping schools make real change. Whether you’re looking for a keynote speaker at your next PTA event, want to implement our Ally Elementary curriculum at your school, or need someone to consult with your school and provide teacher trainings, Jasmine is your go-to resource.

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Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

First Name Basis Podcast, Season 5, Episode 8: “White Children and Uncomfortable History: What Do We Do?”

Definition of coded language from Language, Please

“7 Harmful Racial Discourse Practices to Avoid,” National Education Association

“Ten Stages of Genocide,” The Genocide Education Project

Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 8, Episode 2.
0:05.5	What is Coded Language?
0:14.6	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:22.8	First name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your family and a change maker in your community.
0:30.8	Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world we want,
0:36.6	a world that reflects our values of inclusion,
0:40.1	compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this journey
0:47.6	with you.
0:50.9	Hello, first name basis fam. I am so glad you are here. And I just want to say thank you.
0:58.0	Thank you so much for giving me some time and space to get my feet under me as we dove head first into
1:03.4	school consulting. It has been an amazing spring semester, training teachers and talking to parents at the PTA and helping people understand
1:12.9	why Ally Elementary Junior and Ally Elementary are so important to use in schools and teaching
1:19.4	our kiddos how to be anti-racist. It's just been like a dream come true. And I'm so grateful
1:24.4	for all of you because the support that you give makes it possible.
1:28.7	So thank you.
1:29.7	It has been awesome.
1:31.1	And that sounds like something that is interesting to you or you're a teacher and you're like,
1:36.0	I want you to come to my school and talk to the other teachers at my school about how to be
1:41.1	an anti-racist teacher.
1:42.4	I would love to do that.
1:43.9	Just go to first namebases.org
1:45.5	slash work with me and you can find all of the info right there. All right, as you could probably
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