Go ad-free with Premium

Topic: code-switching

New Politics Convention, Chicago by Franklin McMahon (Franklin McMahon/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why we mimic accents without meaning to

Lacey Wade - The Conversation
(Getty/oneinchpunch)

You're not from the 'hood

D. Watkins
Iggy Azalea (AP/Joel Ryan)

Iggy Azalea's post-racial mess

Brittney Cooper
Tracie Thoms (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Tracie Thoms on "Veep"

Neil Drumming
Matthew Salesses (Stephanie Mitchell)

Racism in the classroom

Matthew Salesses