@shaythethey: In America, Black people have their own sound, their own dialects and their own vernaculars by region. If someone has a true blaccent, it should be highly reflective of the community they’ve been grown in. From the tone of our voices, to our cadence, to our inflection, we hold our own sound. #linguistics #blaccent #speaker #dialect #shaythethey

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dgottii999 :

Donna Briggs tries so hard to run from it but all I hear is a sista 😂 especially in the way she says “ spectacular”.

Josh Tsunami :

Barry white is a good example of this when it comes to tone. I don’t think a non black person could replicate that type of tone

Im_Talaisha 🇺🇸 :

Even black women with soft voices have a warmth in their tone that is still unique to black people

Auntie Chae :

I can almost 100% of the time identify when I’m speaking with a Black person over the phone no matter how they speak. I know the sound of Blackness

mj :

That's why we say "I hear my people but I don't see my people"

real :

There’s also a such thing as talking white & it ISNT using Big words

EmilyJamison95 :

I immediately thought of Eminem and Elvis Presley

luvkikigreen🍀 :

There’s a warmth in our tone

CARESHA BRADSHAW 💫 :

Even black ppl who are yt washed have the same tone as well

ummwhoagain :

delete. they gon start copying the tone

Tru_Platinum💎_LifePath.9 :

When I did customer service back in the 90’s young people would answer the phone and say “mom some yt lady is on the phone looking for you”…lol. I can tell 95% of the time.

IkeaNajee :

I say this all the time! Barack Obama speaks proper but with your eyes closed you’d know that was a black man by the tone of his voice.

hvn :

and talking white is a vocal and tone/inflection thing too!!! Nothing about intellect

Ahzja Boo :

Southern whites have a similar tone however, they have their own phrases and slang

afrikanagrande :

YESSS ALSO with British people too!! They’ll have the same exact accent but with the black Brits you can hear the black richness in their voice. Same with black Americans doing a “white” corporate voice lol

✨ none of this is real :

Yes! The natural black voice is heavier and from the chest. Rarely is it ever a head or throat voice.

Patrice Potent :

Black ppl tend to have more BASS

Ambria ❤️🔱🖤 :

Yesss we have rich voices

Madi <3 :

i think white people tend to “talk thru their nose”, it’s more nasal — sound literally comes from a higher point in the throat

Bri-z :

Mind you, cosplayers can’t grasp the regional accents that combine with tone. They’ve all adopted one general one that sounds like a mix between Georgia & Florida. I can always clock it

Boops_Mom :

Aave is for sure a tonal language

Commentadora 🇺🇸 :

I can always tell if the rep on the phone is black.

iamwillchanning :

As a vocal studies major. There are absolutely pedagogical reasons we sound different. Leaving this hear

ariana :

Beyoncé is a good example, at least to me

Liya ¹²⁷ :

When I heard Serena Williams voice on ATLA and didn’t know who it was but I knew it was a sister.

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