Say Less: a Lesson in Code Switching | Naya Stevens | TEDxBrandeisUniversity
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- Have you ever walked into a room where they are speaking the same language as you but you still feel like a foreigner? Naya Stevens explains how through her life, she felt the pressure to code switch, especially when she spent a summer living with a white family and when in the classroom. However, she chooses no longer to code switch. Naya’s talk delves into what code switching is and how affects everyone’s lives, whether you do it or not
Naya, also known as Naya Tha Great, is a storyteller and content creator whose love languages are culture, race, fat women & black women. Her social commentary takes the form of a weekly podcast entitled Broke & Bougie: The Podcast and daily curated social media content. An alumna of Brandeis University '16, she holds degrees in Afro & African American Studies & Sociology. "Do or Do Not, There is No Try" - Yoda This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
Literally, i'm at my desk tearing up.
Growin up lower class in Oakland made it difficult to genuinely connect and communicate with people as I made it through college and office jobs. It’s like an automatic gear that switches once I hear someone speak to me in a “proper” way.
Those who really listened got exactly what she said.
God has spoken...I love just being...us!!! I am so inspired, thankyou sistah' Naya!!
I just love this SOOOOOO much ❤
I felt this! ✊🏾
this is amazing. ive cited this in my dissertation!
It doesn't matter if the way she is speaking is correct or not, it's what she and many others know. If you force them to be silent by telling them they are not correct, they will never speak and their stories will never be heard. By not treating them as equal to someone who speaks more professionally you keep them where they are. This can either lead to a battle of racism and/or rich vs poor, it would be better just to accept the way someone talks, so they can present their ideas, and changes can be made.
Love upon love upon love. Mayn, quoting you in my journal.😘
I wish I could "love" this! Thank you.
Thank you...
YOU KILLED IT SIS!
POWERFUL, thank you so much for sharing this.
Awesome job!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS
Powerful!
LOVE her....
But, we all have two ways of speaking, sometimes more.
Professional settings- no street talk.
Casual, with friends- street talks fine
catnep
Why? We should just talk the same everywhere all the time?
I see someone write "code" i know theyre an excuse maker. A youtuber.
You clearly were not listening.
@@Aventurababi4l
Maybe YOU have a code, but we dont.
The question was... Do you do it for survival or just because?
@@derajlance38801
Doing it for survival indicates victimization by a bully.
That was the dopest Ted Talk intro I ever seen
He was there?
lets see how far you get with a job interview when you tell them yall gots to learn how to feel me
@catnep yes people from all over the world who grew up in poor uneducated areas and spoke dialect are very proud when given the oppurtunity to speak a higher professional correct form of language they dont throw ot back in the faces of people who gave them the oppurtunity nor do they expect bankers and doctors to understand their dialect
She obviously gets as far as she needs to , she has a TED Talk how about you?
MrPickledede Also wow. Aren’t you quite the narcissist? You really think you pave the way for poor people? Is it hard finding any meaningful relationships when you think you’re the center of the universe or?
@@sadewelsh7333 I know I am worthless the problem with you is you wont admit that about yourself....you think the world must conform to you and your culture...the opposite is true!
MrPickledede Why do you think you’re worthless? You’re not. I’m not either.
But we won't code switch that weave will we? I love how its all about keeping real the broken English but keeping our beautiful natural hair....thats disposable in order to feel beautiful. So....let it be said my speaking and sounding "white" is a verbal weave. Its permanently sewn in so I can compete in a job market that pays me very well.....ok go, please any takers?
6:22 im G H E T T O
I code switch to pass
To pass?
This is inspiring and depressing in equal measure
Come on....you didnt know how to say no thank you?! Lol your parents taught you to say "I am Gucci"
@Jim Elliott Exactly. In 2020. Unless they've never come out from Caucasus Mountains(hence the term Caucasians) until now, they should know "chilling" isn't referring to temperature lol
It seems like African Americans develop slang both naturally in their community and out of an urge to be different from White people, get upset when Whites try to use it, and offended when Whites don’t understand it.
Thoughts?