@almarc25: #codeswitching #blackculture #slang #codeswitch #alsemporiumoffitness

trimm2000 :

“Code switching” and it’s just being professional… yeah we all do that

Jasonh5 :

Yea see this what we mean because code switching isn’t just about how you talk

Kareem Leaks :

Black people we gotta stop explaining & just let them believe what they want

chosen king :

Even black suburban kids can code switch because they grew up with black uncles and they cousins

atorsent :

Everyone code switches lol it’s subconscious some people do it without even realizing

Donovan Jackson :

Does this dude realize that black people have their own communities in the suburbs in which they talk like other black people who don’t?

ChrisPBacon :

It’s the environment it has nothing to do with melanin concentration, parents also play a big part

blessed_foreva :

All of us didn’t grow up in white suburbs

ybg imani :

As a suburban black kid, i think youre forgetting that for a lot of us, we are the first generation living in the suburbs so our parents and other family still "talk black" (in my case, talk african) so we learn to speak like how they speak.

Misbehavior :

Suburban black kids still have black families. Black people talk differently to their family. It's our culture and has nothing to do with socioeconomics.

Brian Jones :

Godspanker :

I’m Mexican who grew up in NYC and I code switch all the time when I visit my friends in Georgia I start talking like Foghorn Leghorn.

Rengill :

a term literally invented by a white dude

CaddieAI :

Code switching is only needed when you cross economic classes it applies to almost all cultures

Joel :

You don’t have to grown up in the hood to to sing black if you grew ups around older black folk it naturally enteres your dialect when we are around each other we use more Ebonics than we would around other races

Rg333___ :

Nietzche spoke of this

Jarmon :

I'm feeling called out lol

Luke :

the idea of code switching being directional is devoid of any class consciousness whatsoever

applesauserr :

Thanks for this commentary klay thompson

mendross :

code switch isn't contingent on being in the ghetto. look. at the definition. people code switch in front of teachers /parents even friends

DJ :

I didn’t grow up speaking proper English lol.

Brandon :

Eh y'all...quiet on the creek.

taydyuhoscu :

Everyone code switches i dont speak a certain way at church, around children, or at work/interviews. I dont speak to girls at the bar how i speak to my mother or sister

noah🥷🏿🪢 :

pretty true

itwerkphones🤱 :

I moved to Alabama and only my parents friends think I have a country accent and that’s when I realized I codeswitch