![Code-switching has become a tool for survival, a way to navigate different social situations and a means of asserting our cultural identity.](https://video-images.vice.com/articles/5995e3f642e4da7e05350751/lede/1502996378468-actingwhite.jpeg?crop=1xw:0.6735xh;0xw,0.1105xh)
Code-switching has become a tool for survival, a way to navigate different social situations and a means of asserting our cultural identity.
Code-switching is a linguistic phenomenon where a person alternates between two or more languages or language varieties in a single conversation. From a black person’s perspective, code-switching has been a part of our history since we were brought to this country as slaves and forced to adapt to a language and culture that was not our own. Over time, code-switching has become a tool for survival, a way to navigate different social situations, and a means of asserting our cultural identity.Read More »Code Switch