How a Viral Moment Sparked a National Conversation on Identity, Authenticity, and Success Code switching, whether you ...

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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 ...

"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 ...

I didn't know my name was Cindy until the first day of kindergarten. The teacher was doing roll call and kept shouting, "Cindy Rodriguez, Cindy Rodriguez," and I remember wondering, "Who in the world ...

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 ...

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre for rolling out) The ongoing scrutiny of Vice President Kamala Harris has reignited discussions around her ...

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King-Schreifels is a contributor for TIME. Society In the spring of 2020, in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, co-hosts Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene ...