In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

“Use your real accent,” my father advised me recently, the day before an important phone call. “What do you mean real accent?” I replied, irritated. “Not the one you use with your friends and Quentin, ...

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Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for using a Black dialect or Southern accent when she’s speaking to certain audiences. For example, her parlance in front of a significantly Black ...