Da-Da Got Fired: Intersectionality & Code-Switching

Episode notes

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This week, Tre’vell and Jarrett are talking all about code-switching and how our identities and intersections dictate how we choose to (and are sometimes forced to) navigate the world. 

There’s a phenomenon that all of us that are marginalized people experience, probably on a pretty regular basis, called code-switching when amongst mixed-company. 

To code-switch is to change the way you speak – maybe almost involuntarily – when you’re engaging people perceived to be of similar lived experience, distinctly different than when you’re amongst people perceived to be of varied, differing backgrounds.

Most of us adjust our tone and timbre according to the person we’re addressing. We speak to our friends one way. To our grandmother a different way. And to our boss in a completely different way. 

But does code-switching still serve us? 

Some feel it’s the key to upward mobility. Molly from HBO’s Insecure had sage advice for her new law intern Rasheeda aka Da-Da for refusing to code-switch but Da-Da seemed to be doing just fine without it. 

Until she wasn’t. 

But first…

Pass the Popcorn

Everybody in the White House got the rona.   

DIS/Honorable Mentions

This week, we’re shouting out our own Tre’vell Anderson who interviewed pop superstar Normani for Teen Vogue. You can read the full article here.   

Also, we’re checking out The Forty-Year Old Version on Netflix. 

Finally…

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