Vice President Kamala Harris ruffled some feathers when she appeared to adopt a different tone or accent with a crowd than she had previously during her recent campaign trip to Detroit to talk about ...
"Pórtate bien; esta gente son blanca" is a line I'd often hear my mom say when I was growing up. It translates to: "Behave yourself; these people are white." I was introduced to code-switching at a ...
Queen Mary University of London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Have you found yourself altering how you speak when you find yourself in a more formal situation? Do you tone down ...
As a gay, Black man, Jefferson Darrell has been “code-switching” his entire life. “I once worked in a public-sector organization that suffered from anti-Black racism as well as homophobia,” recalled ...
What exactly is code-switching? Many of us may do it and not even realize it. Others may have never heard this term before, and some others may not acknowledge it as a real thing. Usually groups in ...
"Every single one of us has our own understanding about code-switching. In my world, it's the code-switching of my gender, of how I express myself with my ethnicity. And sometimes, you know, sometimes ...
The past few years has seen heightened awareness about diversity in the workplace, the importance of valuing cultural differences, and the idea that every employee should be able to bring their “whole ...
Code switching means shifting or manipulating your behaviour depending on the social context you're in. It’s a thing, even former US President Barack Obama does it. But is it good for us? In this ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. “You’re acting white.” This harmful statement is commonly directed toward people of color (POC) who hear it from their colleagues, ...