The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative: The Stories We Tell Ourselves about Race and Language Around the World

Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a centuries-long battle for control of the narrative around race and language continues to be fought around the world.

JPB Gerald is an independent scholar of issues around language, race and neurodivergence, based in New York, USA. He is the author of Antisocial Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters, 2022) and a book for K12 teachers Embracing the Exceptions (Routledge, 2025).