Right and it’s just code switching. People of all races do it without thinking. The dominant strain of English in the US can sound “white” to urban poc, “academic” to rural white people, or “yank” to white people abroad. It’s only loosely associated with aggregate identities.
Here in NYC, at least in my neighborhood, code switching is constant and routine.
“They sound articulate” is the white origin of “you sound white” for black people who’ve internalized that horrid take.
Right and it’s just code switching. People of all races do it without thinking. The dominant strain of English in the US can sound “white” to urban poc, “academic” to rural white people, or “yank” to white people abroad. It’s only loosely associated with aggregate identities.
Here in NYC, at least in my neighborhood, code switching is constant and routine.
So what do you do with inarticulate old white men who are successful despite themselves due to old white man privelege?
Shave their belly with a rusty razor?