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Is “Talking White” Actually A Thing? (Video)
July 11, 2018
In the trailer when Danny Glover is in “Sorry To Bother You” telling Lakeith Stanfield to use his ‘White voice’ to get ahead at the job… that part. That’s code-switching in rare form. But ‘talking White’ is really, really a thing though? Yuuup.
“Talking White” helps people of color get ahead.
– Voices of Color by Insider
Wait. Don Lemon? CNN’s Don Lemon is from New Orleans????
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Human Interest, Investigation, Videos | 
Tags: code switching, dialects, Insider, Olivia Kang, standard accent, Talking White, Voices of Color | 
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