"Pórtate bien; esta gente son blanca" is a line I'd often hear my mom say when I was growing up. It translates to: "Behave yourself; these people are white." I was introduced to code-switching at a ...

What exactly is code-switching? Many of us may do it and not even realize it. Others may have never heard this term before, and some others may not acknowledge it as a real thing. Usually groups in ...

For many people of color living in the United States, code-switching has become an automated survival tool, something so ingrained in daily life that it often goes unnoticed. While the term ...

Once upon a time, members of the Code Switch team were just kids, learning about race and identity for the first time. So on this episode, we're... The books, movies and music that shaped the Code ...

I didn’t write this book to change who people are,—I wrote it to show them move with intention without losing themselves. Code switching isn’t weakness. It’s awareness. When mastered, becomes power.” ...

The Penn janitorial employee wipes down your table after you and your friends finish lunch in Houston Market, clearing the mess you left behind. You, seemingly the only one in your group to ...

Code-switching is at an all-time high. A new report from Deloitte’s DEI Institute™ in partnership with the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law its 2023 study, ...

This week on Ask Code Switch, we're talking about "talking about" race with your significant other. Dating a white person obviously isn't racist – just like dating a person of color isn't inherently ...

Kamala Harris has range. She can grill nominees for the Supreme Court or meet with foreign dignitaries, then pivot to hosting a Diwali celebration or dancing enthusiastically alongside an HBCU-styled ...

A Harris Poll from December 2023 reveals that the workplace politics of code-switching are both complicated and prevalent, particularly among Black and other employees of color. A Harris Poll from ...

Lori Lizarraga here – your resident Texan and Latina Code Switch co-host with some exciting news...Ask Code Switch is back! Every Monday this fall, I'm calling in special guests to help me tackle some ...