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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
We see the perceived “costs” to not code-switching all the time. Can’t tell you how many young people in our community don’t have the confidence they should bc they didn’t grow up learning secondary speech. Their talents get stifled by “respectability,” despite enormous gifts.
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Maria Rodale ☮️
@mariarodale
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@AOC
When I was a white, frizzy grey haired CEO a young woman came up to me in the cafeteria and told me her business school professor told her she would never succeed unless she kept her hair straight. She thanked me. But I’m still mad at that “professor.” #realhairrocks
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Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas
@MOVEprofPHD
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@AOC
In academe why are white colleagues STILL in 2019 telling me or other POC scholars that we’re “articulate”, applauding our ability for “mastering “ Standardized English? I’m a Communication scholar for goodness sake.
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Stan Kerr 🍊Fringe Minority
@spjk
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@AOC
Every group does better when they leave their parochial dialect behind and learn proper English — yes, there is such a thing, independent of race. Bad English, spoken with or without a local accent, is a loser anytime and a sign of poor education.
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Hobo138
@hobo138_america
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@AOC
I am not sure I am following. Sometimes not speaking well is the equivalent to chewing with your mouth open. I don't promote people who chew with their mouth open.
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GFMoodyFoodie
@TheMoodyFoodie3
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@AOC
My job has a safety & hygiene rule that a person be able to look @ their palms w/ fingers straight & NOT see fingernails.Yet I often see women that aren't white w/pointed acrilic nails more than 1" long get away w/no censure. Care 2 explain how white ppl cause that? I'll wait.
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