Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Code-switching is referenced a lot in pop culture. It was a big element in a major film last year: “Sorry To Bother You.” If you’re confused about how code-switching is a cultural reality for people of color & communities, read about it. Some accounts: https://t.co/3YfBR074qs — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 7, 2019 Hibernated

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Next time you‘re told straight hair is “unprofessional” & that speaking like your parents do is “uneducated,” then you can complain about code-switching. Code switching is a tool communities learn when they’re told their voice, appearance, & mannerisms are “unprofessional.” — PolitiTweet.org

Liberals when a white person code switches: dude, that is seriously racist, man. WTF Liberals when @AOC code swit… https://t.co/HCtv8OpY9N

Posted April 7, 2019 Hibernated

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We see the perceived “costs” to not code-switching all the time. Can’t tell you how many young people in our community don’t have the confidence they should bc they didn’t grow up learning secondary speech. Their talents get stifled by “respectability,” despite enormous gifts. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 7, 2019 Hibernated