Yuli Prieto�(pronounced “Juli”)��staff@soc119.org
CLASS 4��Thursday – Jan 23��BEGIN - xxxx
The Art of
the Switch
CODE-SWITCHING��Adjusting speech, appearance, and behavior to blend in with others around us
Percent of U.S. college grads who say that they often or sometimes feel the need to codeswitch:��White: 38%�Black: 48%�Hispanic: 42%
Pew Research Center - 2019
U.S. college grads codeswitch more than people with
no college degree���Younger people in U.S. codeswitch more than older people
Pew Research Center - 2019
“[Audit study] results indicate that employees who engage in racial codeswitching [and adopt mainstream cultural traits] are consistently perceived as more professional by both Black and White participants compared to employees who do not codeswitch.”
McCluney, et.al. – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2021
CLASS 4��Thursday - Jan 23��END - xxxx
Dylan from Saudi Arabia (now living in Philadelphia) asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“I was wondering if your parents ever notice certain habits you’ve picked up from being around Americans?”
AA from Mansour, Saudi Arabia asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“If you met a Shia girl at Penn State
and wanted to date her, do you think your parents would be okay with that
or would they suggest trying to find
a Sunni woman?”
A Z from New England asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“Sam: is it code switching when you use a Hispanic accent when saying a Hispanic word in the middle of a sentence spoken in English?”
Diana from Northeast Philadelphia asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“What do you think about learning another group's linguistic code in order to find more friends or be
accepted in more places?
Like learning New "Yorkean", Colombian or AAVE if you don't know it.”
Yamin from Saudi Arabia
asked on the
YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“When you are with American friends do you find it hard to not code-switch from the conservative muslim guy?”