Code-switching is another fluidity tactic that African American characters employ. Gene Demby, lead blogger for National Public Radio's Code Switch team, defines code-switching in a unique way.

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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.

Code-switching takes a lot of skill and a complex command of grammar Code-switching was first extensively researched in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly among Chicanos in the Southwest and Puerto ...