LOL. As a black person growing up, I could always tell when someone white called the house because when my mom answered the phone, it was like flipping a switch. She went from "Homegirl" to "CNN Correspondent" on a dime.
Jamaican-Americans code-switch all the time from Jamaican English to standard English. Most immigrants in the USA do . Even some whites subcultures within the main cultures do it. It's not about racism today but It is part of being a minority. For my African Americans people, I would advise It's ok to speak both versions of English ( both the standard and the AA version) and not feel bad about code-switching
@@Liiinda4 Many AAVE words have made it to mainstream English. Country English by Southern white folks is deemed inferior by the majority mainstream as well. Duck Dynasty show comes to mind. It's not race necessarily. Majority-minority taste dynamics also plays a role.
We aren't African at all as Americans. And our speech- vernacular comes from our derivative of our American ancestors. Not african. The question is, what is the cultural origin and etymological base of our languages as Autochthonous Americans
@@vergespierre4271 You are of "African descent", not Africans. Your speech and Vernacular comes from influences of Southern regions of America, of Southern white Americans, as well as of West Africans who landed in America. Still, you are of African-descent, not Africans anymore since the separation with Africans occurred between 170 to 500 years ago. The last recorded ship to bring Africans to America (named the "Clotilda") arrived in 1859. Just like White Americans are of European descent, but they're not European anymore. The US supreme court, in its Dred Scott case decision of 1857, clearly referred to Black Americans as persons of African-descent. That's why you are also called African-Americans (which means persons of African descent). African-Americans are NOT Africans.
Code-switching is international, and it is used by people of all ethnic backgrounds. Code-switching is just changing from one language to another in a sentence or conversation.
Just to correct, people don't code switch because of their ethnic background. They code switch because of their linguistic background. Language is a product of the environment, not genetics
@@emdadahmed5592 I think this documentary is dealing more in the context of "code-switching" as a form of assimilation, which shifts the reason behind incorporating the tactic which appeals more to a genetic reasoning than a linguistic one.
Exactly. I do it all the time to accommodate other cultures, but since I have a life, I don't need to go on the local news and whine about it. These people are serious trouble makers all across the board. Their energy is pure ghetto and unless that mindset leave, all their attempts to get ahead will be in vain.
I'm a bilingual elementary school teacher with students who speak both English and Spanish. Code-switching for them (and me!) happens all the time. This video is blowing my mind right now (in a good way ❤) in that when I think of code-switching, it's between two entirely different languages, whereas AAVE is a dialect of Standard American English. I guess I just never realized that this term could be applicable in other linguistical scenarios. Thanks for putting this out!
I just want to say, there is a difference between using slang and "african american english". The former just takes one word at gives it a new word that the current generation finds more appealing. Like for my generation, and being white, we say cool instead of neat. Or bro instead of dude. Like wise, similar slang used in "african american english" would be saying fam instead of family. THAT is slang. But "african american english" goes further and rewrites grammar rules. If you talk to, for example, the two females who spoke here. If I tried to talk like them, not making fun, just really tried. Like say I moved to their area, got a job with her, and tried to fit in with her friends. They would instantly know I am using the wrong grammatical structure because it isnt second nature to me the way standard english grammar rules are. African American English is not just slang. It is a full blown dialect.
@@puppchenschnuppchen4984 yeah but they don't have to be born there. its in their blood, they're African Americans because their ancestors were brought here as slaves. just like how a US Citizen with immigrant parents is nationally American but also with the culture of their parents
So true! Such a good point to make. Scottland is beautiful, the people kind and the language is quite varied depending on the listener and the situation.
If you're transitioning between Scottish English and another variant of English, you're definitely code-switching. But, a greater degree of code switching happens if you're moving between Scots & English
Code switching is not about color, but more about class. I'm white, and depending on where I'm at, or who I'm with my vernacular, tone, lingo may change...I grew up in the inner city and came from nothing and now I'm a white collar professional.
Yes, comments..every race code switches. This is only controversial because some people/places/types of people discriminate against others based on race, and this is easy to do when you can detect race in someone's speech. Like it or not, in America, a person's race is usually easy to infer (not always, but usually) when you're listening to someone speak, even without the visual. It's not about the choice of words, there's a tone of voice more common in Whites than in Blacks who are American, and with few exceptions, it's usually a dead giveaway, especially if you have a habit of focusing on it. The bigger question is: why focus on it at all?
I think that every linguistic minority code switches. I do not think it is limited to race. It is much more, in fact totally a measure of minority of cultural and linguistic group than genetics.
I teach young people coming into the restaurant business to develop what I call their corporate language. People choose words & speak differently to their parent as they do their partner as they do their friends. They are all the complexity of being human. It’s not a “fake” them, it’s part of them.
I'm a code switcher myself, sometimes I don't even notice when my accent changes. I can rarely sometimes use up to 5 different accents in the same sentence and never notice anything it's weird. I live in NYC and it's really diverse
What I don't understand is, how is this just a black / African American thing? I'm as white as a sheet of A4 paper and I certainly use different kinds of English in different scenarios. I definitely speak in one kind of way with my co-workers, another kind of way with my boss, yet another kind of way with my parents. If I'm with a more rural person, I would speak differently again. If I'm with a younger / Gen-Z person, different again. I think a lot of factors affect how a person speaks and most people "code switch" not just African Americans. I'm not denying that African American lingo may be distinct and unique in some respects from any other way people talk on the planet, especially due to their situation within the history of the United States.
It's true, code-switching is a universal human behavior and you're right it isn't one that's limited to Black Americans. However, it has much significance in the Black American community because of our history in America. When a Black person uses a vocal tonality like Bryant Gumbel it has a more significant underlying meaning than say, code-switching between your friends and your grandma.
I didn't get from this video that code-switching is only an African-American phenomenon. Rather, African-Americans are in a particular situation with code-switching due to the racial nature of it.
KatoBytes I think blacks make it a race thing and not what it is. Situations make you talk different, go try and speak to a Mexican or Chinese person in hood tung, they may not understand you. Listen to Britain’s to Irish same language just different
@@Pangoner I think whites trivialize almost every issue that black people have to deal with on a daily basis, and dismiss the uniqueness of the Black American experience in order to maintain the facade that "the system is no longer racist" and to crystalize their own amnesia regarding their own personal gain from that system and from holding up the facade.
I am White and english is my second language. When I cannot see who is speaking, and I can only hear People’s voice I form an opinion in my brain about the persons look. I can often hear when its an african American person. When I turn around and look at the person it often is. So my Question is. is it not also something with the tone in the voice? Even if african americans are speaking standard english, I can still hear that they are african americans. Also when I cannot see Them
In the UK it's called converging, if we have a non posh London standard accent (90% of the UK btw) and are then placed in the presence of typical standard english speakers, or in a corporate place, we automatically change our accent to match it or lessen the slang so we are accepted and thought as more intelligent. It's sad, but we do it without even thinking :( I think all societies do this.
I live in a bilingual country and I have to constanstly switch from english to my native language - and often a combination of the two. It's frustrating because I have to constantly check the social context and person I'm talking to and it's not as obvious as skin color.
I notice I code switch a lot. Started taking note of it recently. I feel like I cover up my feminine voice a little bit when I'm with guys and with girls I don't. It's weird.
Mannnn we would all be losing our fucking minds, if we were juss one way all duh time..😂 I think it's a gud thing doe, keeps u loose and keeps u from being a stiff ass board all dey everyday 🤷
I usually know of code-switching as being between two different languages. I was looking for this exact phenomena of African Americans switching their dialect depending on the situation, but I had no idea it was also called code-switching.
Wow this was very interesting. Just stumbled into some understanding of culture and humanity. Tribal identity Mankind probably functions more in clicks than in extreme large groups?
People who are watching this video are not comprehending it properly. THIS VIDEO IS NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENTLY. Black Americans have AAVE= African American vernacular. For example: in school saying “I be at the store.” Is NOT proper English. But that’s how WE ,as black Americans, tend to speak and when we speak proper English (I am at the store.) we are considered talking white because it’s proper. Lol trust me I have been told by blacks and whites that I talk white because I don’t use AAVE or slang words (unless I’m mad or super comfortable around you) they say I’m the whitest black person. So stop trying to say that black people are trying to make this a race thing because we aren’t. EVERYONE ELSE IS. Because like I said I’ve had plenty of white people tell me that I’m the whitest black person they’ve ever met. So let’s stop trying to act like black people are always tryin to make themselves the victim when that’s not the case.
Code-switching goes beyond linguistics. It is at the soul level of Black folks. It comes from a legacy of survival. It has to do with adaptation. There are several white folks in this thread who are attempting to be inclusive on the matter by listing situations in which they code-switch. However it is distinctly different for us. It just is. htwas.com
@@DL-sl3nt Show respect. I'm not your boo. Science proves that 400 years of behavioral programming (survival in trauma environments) is coded into our DNA. It's called epigenetics. Read much?
I wonder if it is still called code-switching or if there's some other term for the phenomenon of talking one way with your country small-town friends and another way with your suburban friends while White
So you mean to tell me these ppl talk differently in front of their bosses than they do their friends? Who doesnt do this!?. Its a way to keep black people in line by other blacks
Everybody speaks differently socially and professionally and thats fine but you can't expect academia and professional environment to accept your dialect as acceptable in their circles
@@DaveHuxtableLanguages Do you mean that academic papers and or thesis should be accepted in aave? Do you really think that will provide the student with an advantage in the highly competitive job market?
You said ‘acceptable in their circles’. People in Switzerland can speak Swiss German dialects in universities, even though they do their academic work in Standard High German. Both language varieties are acceptable, they are just used in different contexts.
We called this "chameleon talk" growing up, and everyone from every background did it. It changed if you were speaking to an older person or someone of authority, to a child, to your friends, to customers/clients. I imagine everyone does this to some extent! My friends always liked my "reporter voice" the most, so I was always designated phone caller! 😂
Talking the language of your society properly isn't necessarily a bad thing. We, foreigners are encouraged to talk proper English to the best of our abilities because the way you speak is the way you present yourself to the society, it displays your attention to comply with social commons. Being unreasonably strong on your accent and doing it intentionally is pointless and it displays lack of willingness to comply with societal norms.
Yes, failure to assimilate is seen as a no-no in all modern societies. There's a certain level of assimilation that one is expected to adopt and display as a citizen of (insert your new home country here). You're expected to acclimate to the language and customs and perceptions and means of carrying oneself of the status quo of that new society, and if you don't do that, you're gonna have a bad time(in varying degrees). People don't like it when you come to their society and try to make it more like the society you came from, a society that might not necessarily be compatible to the one that you're now in. For example, if I moved to Japan and decided that I would not be removing my shoes when entering another person's home, things would not go well for me. Speaking the language of where you are now correctly shows respect for that language and thereby that culture.
@@Astromyxin You're talking as if African Americans immigrated there voluntarily. Maybe the white Americans should do the assimilating and incorporate AAVE in their society.
@István Benke what exactly are you talking about swallowing a fly? This is what I get for debating with children. FYI I love opinions and if it is written on the net then it is up for public scrutiny. When it comes to business that don't concern those that are a part of the demographic that is being discussed.... I invite you again to stay in a Spectator's place with you mouth closed and hand folded inside the seat. Good day
I'm not interested in switching up my speak to suite someone else's comfort, except my Own kind. As a fellow Foundational Black American, living in a world dominated × the illusion of inclusion with W/S. Today as like them folks and all other racial /ethnic groups, the code for me in my quest to heal socially is to circle Our wagons and segregate with the like minded. Feelings is for the ladies. The code of truth to power logic leads me in light of my own skin comfort regardless of how I'm perceived with so much to offer in my world!
You are a minority in this country. As a minority, you have to assimilate to the majority standard. It's that simple. Even white Louisiana Cajuns have to code-switch to fellow white Americans.
Why is this even an issue? In Britain there are Cockneys, Geordies, Scousers, Glaswegians, all of which have heavy, slang-based dialect. In Spain, the Andalusians speak "Andaluz", which is as abbreviated and slang-heavy as it gets, That said, most people still realise that to get on in life there are times they need to present themselves in the best way possible, and that includes speaking clearly and intelligently. They would never think that shouldn't be the case, and they should be able to speak the exact same way they do among their lifelong friends and family. The problem with a lot of African Americans is that for whatever reason, they seem UNABLE to code switch.
Very interesting, you know every subculture has its own slang. When you say “talk white” what you mean is standard American English. You’re not special, we all do it. I will say that by and large white people are shamed out speaking our own slang in our culture. Or that when we do we must be mimicking another subculture, to which the response by that group is criticism.
Slang is universal, and almost everyone has an ethnicity they can refer to. That's quite different from being multilingual.The Code Switching concept is just another superficial language barrier campaign, which we take all too seriously.
Code switching is just a new and fashionable term for a way of communicating that is as old and as universal as humankind, We all speak differently at home, on the job, socially. Turning this into a race thing is self-serving in that it attempts to validate claims about who suffers the most. Everyone, of whatever race, ethnicity, gender, etc, should stop being so fragile.
Dig right, if I go to a job interview for an office job, I have to show the interviewer that I have complete mastery of the Queens English. Or I shan't be hired. If I speak the language of the streets at work yt people won't understand. I'll understand them but in return they can't dig what I'm sayin'. That communication if a group of black folks are talking like dat, makes yt people uncomfortable because they feel left out. Because they cannot decipher the code.Especially if it's a supervisor. Understand communication is a key factor in business. I've seen yt and black folks get angry with foreigners because their English is bad. If I speak like I'm at work in the street streets I'll get clowned and be rebuked. I have friends from Caribbean. They speak with an accent, they speak fast, and they have a different slang. Yes they are speaking English but it's very very difficult to understand in the beginning. It took a quick second but I got it. And there is no doubt about who suffers the most in the US. Your chances of being hired for a corporate job are slim to none if you speak streets at work. Now my question to you is why's that?
This is so annoying. Everyone knows the pattern. And the fact that this is even a thing is annoying. Just because you're black doesn't mean you have to act a certain way and keep separating yourself from others. Stop saying things like "I be doing this " or "You IS" instead of you are. Why do black people continuously need to "act black"? Rise up and be better than that. Stop acting in an ignorant way.
Hi, all countries have dialects based on regional or ethnic groupings. AAVE is a dialect of mainstream American English with centuries of history. I recommend this video which systematically presents features of AAVE. It's very interesting! ruclips.net/video/UZpCdI6ZKU4/видео.html
Do these people know the reason to speak the same language and dialogue is so people can communicate. The reason it’s called standard English is because it is standard. Instead these people decide to make their own dialogue
Hi, I recommend this video which systematically presents the features of AAVE and why it is considered its own dialect: ruclips.net/video/UZpCdI6ZKU4/видео.html
The US is a conglomeration of many diffrent cultures that came here over hundreds and even thousands of years speaking many diffrent languages. And in some instances were geographically mostly isolated from other cultures and groups for hundreds of years. So multiple dialects of North American English developed. To say as you imply that those dialects should conform to a accepted model of " Propper English " is to me offensive. If people want to talk their own dialect in their own communities or between themselves. Then it is their right.
Using slang and using the proper form of a language is not speaking two different languages. This isn't unique to any race or culture because every language has its proper and vulgar (common) forms.
Code-Talkers in WWII were not what this video was talking about. You're correct only to the point which language is a code, and the language spoken by the Navajo couldn't be deciphered by the Japanese. This has to do with accommodating or changing the way in which one speaks, or even the language one speaks to adapt to the context of the speech event.
I have a genuine question from a non US perspective: is true African American English possible without swearing? Because everytime I try to picture AAE in my head I get this mad black person cursing somebody.
Aye bruh. Nah it aint hard to talk ebonics to folk witout cursing. I be talking like dat a lot. Folk been doing that type stuff. Aint nun new (Hey man. No it isn't hard to speak AAVE without swearing. I generally speak in that manner quite often. People have done this for quite some time. This isn't a recent phenomena.)
Robert Browne Gartei I love that you put the "translation" on there. Both beautiful ways of speaking. I wish the first way would be valued more. Thanks!
Or you can think of changing the way you speak in a professional setting like school or the workforce vs not sucha as with your friends. Is that still being fake?
Do you want all of us to speak in our own vernacular? On the news, etc? We have a common speaking manner in public fir east of communication among a vast variety of people.
"i like to call code-switching" THAT is literally what LINGUISTS call it. everything with you people is - "i did that, i built that, that's mine, you stole that from me." she doesn't LIKE to call it anything, she literally called it WHAT IT IS CALLED.
LOL. As a black person growing up, I could always tell when someone white called the house because when my mom answered the phone, it was like flipping a switch. She went from "Homegirl" to "CNN Correspondent" on a dime.
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Jamaican-Americans code-switch all the time from Jamaican English to standard English. Most immigrants in the USA do . Even some whites subcultures within the main cultures do it. It's not about racism today but It is part of being a minority. For my African Americans people, I would advise It's ok to speak both versions of English ( both the standard and the AA version) and not feel bad about code-switching
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Black American vernacular (and patois for that matter) is deemed as inferior and you don't think race places a part? Smh. Ignorance is bliss.
@@Liiinda4 Many AAVE words have made it to mainstream English.
Country English by Southern white folks is deemed inferior by the majority mainstream as well. Duck Dynasty show comes to mind. It's not race necessarily. Majority-minority taste dynamics also plays a role.
We aren't African at all as Americans. And our speech- vernacular comes from our derivative of our American ancestors. Not african.
The question is, what is the cultural origin and etymological base of our languages as Autochthonous Americans
@@vergespierre4271 You are of "African descent", not Africans. Your speech and Vernacular comes from influences of Southern regions of America, of Southern white Americans, as well as of West Africans who landed in America. Still, you are of African-descent, not Africans anymore since the separation with Africans occurred between 170 to 500 years ago. The last recorded ship to bring Africans to America (named the "Clotilda") arrived in 1859.
Just like White Americans are of European descent, but they're not European anymore.
The US supreme court, in its Dred Scott case decision of 1857, clearly referred to Black Americans as persons of African-descent. That's why you are also called African-Americans (which means persons of African descent).
African-Americans are NOT Africans.
Code-switching is international, and it is used by people of all ethnic backgrounds. Code-switching is just changing from one language to another in a sentence or conversation.
Just to correct, people don't code switch because of their ethnic background. They code switch because of their linguistic background.
Language is a product of the environment, not genetics
Sophia, or from on dialect to another.
@@emdadahmed5592 I think this documentary is dealing more in the context of "code-switching" as a form of assimilation, which shifts the reason behind incorporating the tactic which appeals more to a genetic reasoning than a linguistic one.
@@dwhite8997 It's implemented all over the world as various dialects are common within one country.
Exactly. I do it all the time to accommodate other cultures, but since I have a life, I don't need to go on the local news and whine about it. These people are serious trouble makers all across the board. Their energy is pure ghetto and unless that mindset leave, all their attempts to get ahead will be in vain.
Anyone remember that video when the news reporter had a bug fly in his mouth? Code switching level 10 right there
Perfect example.
I'm a bilingual elementary school teacher with students who speak both English and Spanish. Code-switching for them (and me!) happens all the time. This video is blowing my mind right now (in a good way ❤) in that when I think of code-switching, it's between two entirely different languages, whereas AAVE is a dialect of Standard American English. I guess I just never realized that this term could be applicable in other linguistical scenarios. Thanks for putting this out!
I just want to say, there is a difference between using slang and "african american english". The former just takes one word at gives it a new word that the current generation finds more appealing. Like for my generation, and being white, we say cool instead of neat. Or bro instead of dude. Like wise, similar slang used in "african american english" would be saying fam instead of family. THAT is slang. But "african american english" goes further and rewrites grammar rules. If you talk to, for example, the two females who spoke here. If I tried to talk like them, not making fun, just really tried. Like say I moved to their area, got a job with her, and tried to fit in with her friends. They would instantly know I am using the wrong grammatical structure because it isnt second nature to me the way standard english grammar rules are.
African American English is not just slang. It is a full blown dialect.
*Black American English. They are not born in Africa.
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needed semantics the use of the word African or black American is arbitrary anyway. But I acknowledge my African roots.
@@puppchenschnuppchen4984 yeah but they don't have to be born there. its in their blood, they're African Americans because their ancestors were brought here as slaves. just like how a US Citizen with immigrant parents is nationally American but also with the culture of their parents
@@brndnii7840 That‘s true of course .
Most Scottish people code switch, but we don't call it that. We don't really have a word for it.
So true! Such a good point to make. Scottland is beautiful, the people kind and the language is quite varied depending on the listener and the situation.
If you're transitioning between Scottish English and another variant of English, you're definitely code-switching.
But, a greater degree of code switching happens if you're moving between Scots & English
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Code switching is not about color, but more about class. I'm white, and depending on where I'm at, or who I'm with my vernacular, tone, lingo may change...I grew up in the inner city and came from nothing and now I'm a white collar professional.
Yes, comments..every race code switches. This is only controversial because some people/places/types of people discriminate against others based on race, and this is easy to do when you can detect race in someone's speech. Like it or not, in America, a person's race is usually easy to infer (not always, but usually) when you're listening to someone speak, even without the visual. It's not about the choice of words, there's a tone of voice more common in Whites than in Blacks who are American, and with few exceptions, it's usually a dead giveaway, especially if you have a habit of focusing on it. The bigger question is: why focus on it at all?
I think that every linguistic minority code switches. I do not think it is limited to race. It is much more, in fact totally a measure of minority of cultural and linguistic group than genetics.
I teach young people coming into the restaurant business to develop what I call their corporate language. People choose words & speak differently to their parent as they do their partner as they do their friends. They are all the complexity of being human. It’s not a “fake” them, it’s part of them.
Thank you for stating this. I totally agree!
I'm a code switcher myself, sometimes I don't even notice when my accent changes. I can rarely sometimes use up to 5 different accents in the same sentence and never notice anything it's weird. I live in NYC and it's really diverse
What I don't understand is, how is this just a black / African American thing? I'm as white as a sheet of A4 paper and I certainly use different kinds of English in different scenarios. I definitely speak in one kind of way with my co-workers, another kind of way with my boss, yet another kind of way with my parents. If I'm with a more rural person, I would speak differently again. If I'm with a younger / Gen-Z person, different again. I think a lot of factors affect how a person speaks and most people "code switch" not just African Americans. I'm not denying that African American lingo may be distinct and unique in some respects from any other way people talk on the planet, especially due to their situation within the history of the United States.
stereotypes my friend, stereotypes
It's true, code-switching is a universal human behavior and you're right it isn't one that's limited to Black Americans. However, it has much significance in the Black American community because of our history in America.
When a Black person uses a vocal tonality like Bryant Gumbel it has a more significant underlying meaning than say, code-switching between your friends and your grandma.
I didn't get from this video that code-switching is only an African-American phenomenon. Rather, African-Americans are in a particular situation with code-switching due to the racial nature of it.
KatoBytes I think blacks make it a race thing and not what it is. Situations make you talk different, go try and speak to a Mexican or Chinese person in hood tung, they may not understand you. Listen to Britain’s to Irish same language just different
@@Pangoner I think whites trivialize almost every issue that black people have to deal with on a daily basis, and dismiss the uniqueness of the Black American experience in order to maintain the facade that "the system is no longer racist" and to crystalize their own amnesia regarding their own personal gain from that system and from holding up the facade.
I am White and english is my second language. When I cannot see who is speaking, and I can only hear People’s voice I form an opinion in my brain about the persons look. I can often hear when its an african American person. When I turn around and look at the person it often is. So my Question is. is it not also something with the tone in the voice? Even if african americans are speaking standard english, I can still hear that they are african americans. Also when I cannot see Them
In the UK it's called converging, if we have a non posh London standard accent (90% of the UK btw) and are then placed in the presence of typical standard english speakers, or in a corporate place, we automatically change our accent to match it or lessen the slang so we are accepted and thought as more intelligent. It's sad, but we do it without even thinking :( I think all societies do this.
I live in a bilingual country and I have to constanstly switch from english to my native language - and often a combination of the two. It's frustrating because I have to constantly check the social context and person I'm talking to and it's not as obvious as skin color.
I notice I code switch a lot. Started taking note of it recently. I feel like I cover up my feminine voice a little bit when I'm with guys and with girls I don't. It's weird.
Code-switching can be exhausting. I kind of resent the people in the world around me for needing it to happen.
Mannnn we would all be losing our fucking minds, if we were juss one way all duh time..😂 I think it's a gud thing doe, keeps u loose and keeps u from being a stiff ass board all dey everyday 🤷
I usually know of code-switching as being between two different languages. I was looking for this exact phenomena of African Americans switching their dialect depending on the situation, but I had no idea it was also called code-switching.
i was assigned this for ela we read Trevor Noahs book and he talked bout this
Wow this was very interesting. Just stumbled into some understanding of culture and humanity.
Tribal identity Mankind probably functions more in clicks than in extreme large groups?
People who are watching this video are not comprehending it properly. THIS VIDEO IS NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW BLACK PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENTLY. Black Americans have AAVE= African American vernacular. For example: in school saying “I be at the store.” Is NOT proper English. But that’s how WE ,as black Americans, tend to speak and when we speak proper English (I am at the store.) we are considered talking white because it’s proper. Lol trust me I have been told by blacks and whites that I talk white because I don’t use AAVE or slang words (unless I’m mad or super comfortable around you) they say I’m the whitest black person. So stop trying to say that black people are trying to make this a race thing because we aren’t. EVERYONE ELSE IS. Because like I said I’ve had plenty of white people tell me that I’m the whitest black person they’ve ever met. So let’s stop trying to act like black people are always tryin to make themselves the victim when that’s not the case.
Code-switching goes beyond linguistics. It is at the soul level of Black folks. It comes from a legacy of survival. It has to do with adaptation. There are several white folks in this thread who are attempting to be inclusive on the matter by listing situations in which they code-switch. However it is distinctly different for us. It just is. htwas.com
Present - IS IT STILL FOR SURVIVAL? THIS AINT 200 YEARS AGO. Stop! Whats gonna happen boo? lmao
@@DL-sl3nt Show respect. I'm not your boo. Science proves that 400 years of behavioral programming (survival in trauma environments) is coded into our DNA. It's called epigenetics. Read much?
I wonder if it is still called code-switching or if there's some other term for the phenomenon of talking one way with your country small-town friends and another way with your suburban friends while White
Despite the informative facts on this video, the dude at the beginning, has a cool ass beard.
i want to learn african american english and havent found anything yet. it is by far the best sounding english there is to me
@3:20 THANK YOU!
So code switching is moving from vernacular to grammatically correct english?
From vernacular to standard English. American English is not correct English either.
So what I’m getting is if you sound ( white) or even act (white) you are more height class and proper
Absolutely. At least that is perception.
Unfortunately yes
So you mean to tell me these ppl talk differently in front of their bosses than they do their friends? Who doesnt do this!?. Its a way to keep black people in line by other blacks
How do you know if you're speaking it ?
I don’t know but I guess your brain just knows to switch your voice automatically 🤷🏽♀️
@@armyvelvet1236 I lost my ability to speak AAVE because of my constant code-switch
@@wayne7332 Awww man I’m sorry 😭
Everybody speaks differently socially and professionally and thats fine but you can't expect academia and professional environment to accept your dialect as acceptable in their circles
I don't think it's too much to expect academia to accept language diversity.
@@DaveHuxtableLanguages I think institutions of higher learning should prepare students for success in the professional world.
@@DaveHuxtableLanguages Do you mean that academic papers and or thesis should be accepted in aave? Do you really think that will provide the student with an advantage in the highly competitive job market?
You said ‘acceptable in their circles’. People in Switzerland can speak Swiss German dialects in universities, even though they do their academic work in Standard High German. Both language varieties are acceptable, they are just used in different contexts.
You can not speak for everyone. Some people do not buy into "code switching", we just speak the same to everyone.
We called this "chameleon talk" growing up, and everyone from every background did it. It changed if you were speaking to an older person or someone of authority, to a child, to your friends, to customers/clients. I imagine everyone does this to some extent! My friends always liked my "reporter voice" the most, so I was always designated phone caller! 😂
Talking the language of your society properly isn't necessarily a bad thing.
We, foreigners are encouraged to talk proper English to the best of our abilities because the way you speak is the way you present yourself to the society, it displays your attention to comply with social commons. Being unreasonably strong on your accent and doing it intentionally is pointless and it displays lack of willingness to comply with societal norms.
Yes, failure to assimilate is seen as a no-no in all modern societies. There's a certain level of assimilation that one is expected to adopt and display as a citizen of (insert your new home country here). You're expected to acclimate to the language and customs and perceptions and means of carrying oneself of the status quo of that new society, and if you don't do that, you're gonna have a bad time(in varying degrees). People don't like it when you come to their society and try to make it more like the society you came from, a society that might not necessarily be compatible to the one that you're now in. For example, if I moved to Japan and decided that I would not be removing my shoes when entering another person's home, things would not go well for me. Speaking the language of where you are now correctly shows respect for that language and thereby that culture.
@@Astromyxin You're talking as if African Americans immigrated there voluntarily. Maybe the white Americans should do the assimilating and incorporate AAVE in their society.
@@rohitchaoji what
I only do this at work. Not around random White People, y'all don't pay me to be professional.
@István Benke you didn't understand what this meant until you saw the video. Stay in your place and out of business that doesn't pertain to your kind.
@István Benke what exactly are you talking about swallowing a fly? This is what I get for debating with children. FYI I love opinions and if it is written on the net then it is up for public scrutiny. When it comes to business that don't concern those that are a part of the demographic that is being discussed.... I invite you again to stay in a Spectator's place with you mouth closed and hand folded inside the seat. Good day
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Without taking tcbing man!.
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I'm not interested in switching up my speak to suite someone else's comfort, except my Own kind. As a fellow Foundational Black American, living in a world dominated × the illusion of inclusion with W/S. Today as like them folks and all other racial /ethnic groups, the code for me in my quest to heal socially is to circle Our wagons and segregate with the like minded. Feelings is for the ladies. The code of truth to power logic leads me in light of my own skin comfort regardless of how I'm perceived with so much to offer in my world!
You are a minority in this country. As a minority, you have to assimilate to the majority standard. It's that simple. Even white Louisiana Cajuns have to code-switch to fellow white Americans.
Why is this even an issue? In Britain there are Cockneys, Geordies, Scousers, Glaswegians, all of which have heavy, slang-based dialect. In Spain, the Andalusians speak "Andaluz", which is as abbreviated and slang-heavy as it gets, That said, most people still realise that to get on in life there are times they need to present themselves in the best way possible, and that includes speaking clearly and intelligently. They would never think that shouldn't be the case, and they should be able to speak the exact same way they do among their lifelong friends and family. The problem with a lot of African Americans is that for whatever reason, they seem UNABLE to code switch.
If ur white &go South they say u talk like a Yankee it's always diff wen u travel
Very interesting, you know every subculture has its own slang. When you say “talk white” what you mean is standard American English. You’re not special, we all do it. I will say that by and large white people are shamed out speaking our own slang in our culture. Or that when we do we must be mimicking another subculture, to which the response by that group is criticism.
1:35 she literally CANNOT. hahahaha!
Slang is universal, and almost everyone has an ethnicity they can refer to. That's quite different from being multilingual.The Code Switching concept is just another superficial language barrier campaign, which we take all too seriously.
The king's English
Code switching is just a new and fashionable term for a way of communicating that is as old and as universal as humankind, We all speak differently at home, on the job, socially. Turning this into a race thing is self-serving in that it attempts to validate claims about who suffers the most. Everyone, of whatever race, ethnicity, gender, etc, should stop being so fragile.
Dig right, if I go to a job interview for an office job, I have to show the interviewer that I have complete mastery of the Queens English. Or I shan't be hired. If I speak the language of the streets at work yt people won't understand. I'll understand them but in return they can't dig what I'm sayin'. That communication if a group of black folks are talking like dat, makes yt people uncomfortable because they feel left out. Because they cannot decipher the code.Especially if it's a supervisor. Understand communication is a key factor in business.
I've seen yt and black folks get angry with foreigners because their English is bad.
If I speak like I'm at work in the street streets I'll get clowned and be rebuked.
I have friends from Caribbean. They speak with an accent, they speak fast, and they have a different slang. Yes they are speaking English but it's very very difficult to understand in the beginning. It took a quick second but I got it.
And there is no doubt about who suffers the most in the US. Your chances of being hired for a corporate job are slim to none if you speak streets at work. Now my question to you is why's that?
What tf is up with Homies beard hahahaha
This is so annoying. Everyone knows the pattern. And the fact that this is even a thing is annoying. Just because you're black doesn't mean you have to act a certain way and keep separating yourself from others. Stop saying things like "I be doing this " or "You IS" instead of you are. Why do black people continuously need to "act black"? Rise up and be better than that. Stop acting in an ignorant way.
Hi, all countries have dialects based on regional or ethnic groupings. AAVE is a dialect of mainstream American English with centuries of history. I recommend this video which systematically presents features of AAVE. It's very interesting! ruclips.net/video/UZpCdI6ZKU4/видео.html
Why do black people need to act black? What a fucken dumb question lmao
Watchu talkin bout Willis
Do these people know the reason to speak the same language and dialogue is so people can communicate. The reason it’s called standard English is because it is standard. Instead these people decide to make their own dialogue
Hi, I recommend this video which systematically presents the features of AAVE and why it is considered its own dialect: ruclips.net/video/UZpCdI6ZKU4/видео.html
The US is a conglomeration of many diffrent cultures that came here over hundreds and even thousands of years speaking many diffrent languages. And in some instances were geographically mostly isolated from other cultures and groups for hundreds of years. So multiple dialects of North American English developed.
To say as you imply that those dialects should conform to a accepted model of " Propper English " is to me offensive.
If people want to talk their own dialect in their own communities or between themselves. Then it is their right.
“These people” lmao. I know your type
Using slang and using the proper form of a language is not speaking two different languages. This isn't unique to any race or culture because every language has its proper and vulgar (common) forms.
First off “code switching” is often referring to AAVE and AAVE is also known as Ebonics and it’s more than slang it’s a whole dialect
@@Arrianna7989 we all have dialects and we all have home speech
@@Arrianna7989 we all have dialects and we all have home speech
All of y’all talk black lol. Nobody how much you’re think you’re code switching
no one even thinks this way... we just speak standard accent :)
No.
We will never really understand why blacks need code-switching and not just speak standard accent like everyone else
Literally everyone code switches, my man. Even you.
This is how we were able to defeat the Japanese.
Code-Talkers in WWII were not what this video was talking about. You're correct only to the point which language is a code, and the language spoken by the Navajo couldn't be deciphered by the Japanese.
This has to do with accommodating or changing the way in which one speaks, or even the language one speaks to adapt to the context of the speech event.
@@smithoma lmao it was a joke.... went right over it head
Code switching is pandering.
The beard is making my skin crawl.
“African American English” code switching exists worldwide people 😂
Cant we just call it an accent?
No, it's completely different.
It’s not an accent 🤦🏾♀️
Another word for being fake.
If you want to get on in the white mans world you’ve got to be civil
I have a genuine question from a non US perspective: is true African American English possible without swearing? Because everytime I try to picture AAE in my head I get this mad black person cursing somebody.
quidpronihilo yes it is possible, some people choose not to curse
And are not angry
Little kids do it all the time
Aye bruh. Nah it aint hard to talk ebonics to folk witout cursing. I be talking like dat a lot. Folk been doing that type stuff. Aint nun new
(Hey man. No it isn't hard to speak AAVE without swearing. I generally speak in that manner quite often. People have done this for quite some time. This isn't a recent phenomena.)
Robert Browne Gartei I love that you put the "translation" on there. Both beautiful ways of speaking. I wish the first way would be valued more. Thanks!
ridiculous
AKA being fake...
It's not, it's just speaking a common dialect. It's not unique
@@edwinamendelssohn5129 Of course it's not unique. The world is filled with fake people.
Not necessarily, often it's for easier
communication.
Or you can think of changing the way you speak in a professional setting like school or the workforce vs not sucha as with your friends. Is that still being fake?
Do you want all of us to speak in our own vernacular? On the news, etc? We have a common speaking manner in public fir east of communication among a vast variety of people.
"i like to call code-switching" THAT is literally what LINGUISTS call it. everything with you people is - "i did that, i built that, that's mine, you stole that from me." she doesn't LIKE to call it anything, she literally called it WHAT IT IS CALLED.