code switching
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You're So Different: OK, But What Makes You Black?
“You’re so different. You’re so articulate. Why do you talk like a white girl? You’re the whitest black girl I know.” Comments like these beg the question: What makes you black? Is it merely the color of one’s skin? Is it a state of mind? Knowing the lyrics to Cardi B’s songs? It took me…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reminds Code-Switch Critics: 'I’m From the Bronx'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has an answer for her adversaries on the right who dissed her for supposedly faking a “Southern drawl” while speaking Friday at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Convention in New York City, according to HuffPost. “Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture & had to learn…
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Ask Agatha: "Should I Correct A Black Coworker Who ALWAYS Misuses Words?"
Dylan from Cincinnati, Ohio asks: Girth or length? Asking for a friend. Um…have you met women? We want both. And if you don’t have both you better be really fucking interesting and by interesting I mean rich. And by rich I mean okay with us seeing other people—like your big swinging dick daddy while you’re…