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CORTEZ GIVES TWITTER A LESSON ON 'CODE SWITCHING' AFTER CONSERVATIVES CRITICIZE HER ACCENT
Newsweak ^
| 4/07/19
| GILLIAN EDEVANE
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 youre 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 theyre told their voice, appearance and mannerisms are unprofessional.
**SNIP**
Her Saturday remarks came after commentators accused her of adopting a southern-like drawl while speaking at Rev. Al Sharptons National Action Network convention in New York on Friday.
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To: CharlesMartelsGhost
Courvoisier, rofl. I miss the Ladies man!
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posted on
04/08/2019 6:44:52 PM PDT
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Yaelle
To: Libloather
Ground control to this idiot. She has straight hair and shes not black.
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posted on
04/08/2019 7:16:58 PM PDT
by
NKP_Vet
("Man without God descends into madness”)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
Heart’s “What About Love?” is now being used to sell Heinz ketchup.
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posted on
04/08/2019 7:32:52 PM PDT
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Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: Fiddlstix
We will bury you is fantastic!
To: Ezekiel; Yaelle
Glad somebody likes them!
To: a fool in paradise
To: Libloather
Is code switching a new way of saying” incompetent dumbass?”
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04/08/2019 8:03:05 PM PDT
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Bommer
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To: a fool in paradise
I thought out was Dylan? :)
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posted on
04/09/2019 5:23:56 AM PDT
by
Leep
(It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
To: Leep
Congress Records presents... "the Bannana foe fanna song"
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posted on
04/09/2019 5:34:43 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
To: a fool in paradise
Why didn’t they use “Chuck” in that song?
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04/09/2019 5:37:20 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(This week I'm dfwredraider)
To: Libloather
Imagine if Trump or any other Republican had done this.
Yes we all know what the reaction would be.
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posted on
04/09/2019 5:41:15 AM PDT
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HereInTheHeartland
(I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
To: BadLands59
Her handlers write her scripts.
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posted on
04/09/2019 5:53:54 AM PDT
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Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
To: Libloather
""Next time youre told straight hair is 'unprofessional'"
Greasy straight hair is unprofessional.
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