Posted on 04/08/2019 1:48:40 PM PDT by Libloather
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continued to defend herself against claims promoted by Donald Trump, Jr. and others that she changes her accent to pander to minority audiences.
In a string of Saturday evening tweets, the first-term Democrat wrote that her habit of "code-switching" was informed by years of navigating professional and social environments as a woman of color.
"Next time you‘re told straight hair is 'unprofessional' and that speaking like your parents do is 'uneducated,' then you can complain about code-switching," she wrote, referring to the practice of changing speech patterns based on environment. "Code-switching is a tool communities learn when they’re told their voice, appearance and mannerisms are “unprofessional.”
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Her Saturday remarks came after commentators accused her of adopting a southern-like drawl while speaking at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in New York on Friday.
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LOL - I am waiting for the meme of AOC in blackface
She never accepts responsibility for anything. Typical millennial.
btt
Is she suggesting that her unpaid New York State tax bill was a consequence of her inability to navigate that “professional environment” correctly as a “woman of color?”
Code switching? Hot damn! That means our ebonics friday thing is back on at the office again!!!
AOC knows you “Gotta fake it until you make it”
Good catch, Gordon! The Irish vote... Would like to see her try an Irish accent.
She probably got lots of practice being Ted Kennedy’s intern.
I heard she took swimming lessons before taking that job.
“...and take the blame for Spanish Conquistadorism”
AOC is 70% Spanish and the rest mixed Indian (Taino?) and black. My guess at least. She should get on Henry Louis Gates show and get her DNA analyzed and her ancestors named.
So you did your code-switching to a low brow accent from your usual high brow accent appear unprofessional to your black audience.
Got it.
Sounds to me like you were being demeaning to them.
She was the tippy top of tip stealers!
“Code-switching,” eh? And to think that for centuries, the rest of us, of all races and cultures, called it “play-acting, posing, and LYING.”
“code switching” LMFAO!
The Latina’s in NY accept her even though she is a Yorktown heights bitch who has no relation to the Bronx. Like the color black it doesn’t matter as long as you are there to give out free stuff
Maybe AOC took lessons from the master Killary?
She has far more in common with rich white girls than any minority, black or Hispanic, in the Bronx.
Well, both of my parents had multiple advanced degrees, so no one ever accused them of being dumb. You, on the other hand....
“Just let a conservative anglo roll out the “code switching” on some latinos and watch for leftist hysteria.”
What’s wrong with that? Sounds like a strategy to drive leftists insane.
“she is a phoney and very sneaky....she bears close watching...”
For what? More laughs?
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