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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Paasewe is the author of "How Black College Students Learn Code-Switching" and the Founder/CEO of The Code-Switcher.

Code switching prevents people from feeling like they can be themselves, but culture coding is a heightened form of situational awareness that taps into the multidimensional nature of our true selves.

Taylyn Washington-Harmon is the associate editor at Health.com. A former social media guru, she's worked for a number of lifestyle and beauty brands and has previously written for SELF and STAT. She ...

Last year, countless brands, businesses, and organizations publicly made pledges, promises, and action plans to address the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce. As a Black woman, ...

In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

I started working at age 15 and since then, I've had two personas: workplace me and the real me. Workplace me is witty yet professional. She's cheerful, high-pitched, and tries to enunciate every word ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Curiosity expert improving engagement, innovation, and productivity. Have you ever noticed how your voice, word choice, or even ...

'Code-switching' was originally coined as a linguistic term for the ways in which bilingual people engage with language. It describes bilingual speakers alternating between literal linguistic codes in ...