Code Switching

Basics

100

The practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.

Is this a: Code Switching

200

Code switching mainly effects

Is this a: racial minorities

300

Reasons people have to code switch

Is this a: desire to fit in with the people around you

Is this a: avoiding assumptions of being uneducated

400

The term "code switching" was originally made to explain what language based phenomenon

Is this a: how multi-lingual people switch from language A to language B

Media

100

In the film "Sorry to Bother you", the black man Cassius Green achieves success in his predominantly white workplace by

Is this a: using his "White Voice" (a.k.a code switching)

200

In "The Hate You Give" Starr changes how she's presented at Williamson because

Is this a: she doesn't want to be viewed as a stereotypical/thug/pitiful black girl

300

The media presents people of color, who don't code switch, as

Is this a: uneducated/dangerous/thugs

400

A president that was accused of code switching just to appeal to voters was

Is this a: Obama

Effects

100

3 places where you WOULD need to code switch

Is this a: school

Job/Job interviews

Anytime you encounter the police\Anyone of any power

200

2 necessities that you likely won't get access to if you don't code switch

Is this a: housing

Is this a: stable job

300

When someone catches you code switching they tend to feel like you've been

Is this a: lying about who you are

400

Except to fit in a specific group, are there any other reasons for people to code switch?

Is this a: to more easily communicate in a bilingual setting