OPINION: We got to the bottom of the “Blaccentgate” after America’s least trustworthy news source sparked a debate over Kamala Harris’ accent. A new “gate” just dropped. “Since when does the vice ...

As one of the few Black women in the corporate offices where she worked, Regina Lawless took pains to blend in. She donned conservative blazers and low-wedge heels and tucked her hair in a wig instead ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Audrey P. Davis is Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum in ...

In an article for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Carlos D. Morrison defines code-switching as the “process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social ...

Subject: Race on Campus: The Taxing Performance of Code Switching Welcome to Race on Campus. Whether they’re doing so consciously or not, members of marginalized groups often change their manner of ...

Two of my friends, who are both Black, recently had the following exchange on Facebook: Person A: What’s the professional way to say “Y’all are crazy!” at work? Person B: “Y’all are crazy.” I’m too ...

Taylyn Washington-Harmon is the associate editor at Health.com. A former social media guru, she's worked for a number of lifestyle and beauty brands and has previously written for SELF and STAT. She ...

In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

The definition of “code-switch” is to alternate between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation, but the subtext behind the words can mean so much more. Especially to people of ...

Alfaro, Ph.D., is associate vice president of international affairs and professor of multilingual and global education at San Diego State University. She lives in Escondido. The visceral and powerful ...

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, ...

Editor's Note: PBS has partnered with Mercy Street's historical consultants to bring fans the Mercy Street Revealed blog. Audrey P. Davis is Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum in ...