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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Paasewe is the author of "How Black College Students Learn Code-Switching" and the Founder/CEO of The Code-Switcher.

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 ...

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 ...

The Penn janitorial employee wipes down your table after you and your friends finish lunch in Houston Market, clearing the mess you left behind. You, seemingly the only one in your group to ...

DETROIT – Code-switching is defined as the ability to switch between languages in a single conversation. For example, you may speak more casually at home than you do at work. But for Black people, ...

We all want to be seen in an unbiased way. We do not want stereotypes, prejudices, or preconceptions to distort other people’s perceptions of our capacities, capabilities and potentials. We may want ...

Ask most black professionals what they do to fit in at work, and you’ll get a knowing head nod. Many of us are so used to changing up how we speak, look, and act to make others comfortable that we’re ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for using a Black dialect or Southern accent when she’s speaking to certain audiences. For example, her parlance in front of a significantly Black ...