For many employees of color, this is as routine or familiar as breathing. Lawless was “code-switching, ” meaning she changed her appearance, speech and behavior to fit in and put others at ease.

"Every single one of us has our own understanding about code-switching. In my world, it's the code-switching of my gender, of how I express myself with my ethnicity. And sometimes, you know ...

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor.

The phenomenon, known as code-switching, has become a major focus of attention in linguistics. This concise and original study explores how, when and where code-switching occurs. Drawing on a diverse ...

December 7, 2024 • We continue our conversation about the hellscape of modern motherhood, and look into an alternative to the tradwife lifestyle. December 4, 2024 • Motherhood in the U.S. is ...

This isn’t just about stress in the abstract. It’s about what chronic stress does to the body when we engage in behaviors like code-switching to navigate predominantly white workplaces.

Re “The phony crime of code-switching” (Ideas, Nov. 3): Old white Jewish woman here saying I’ve code-switched all my life, though I haven’t recognized it. I always thought of it as reading ...

What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for. Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race with empathy and humor.

It’s hurricane season, so this week, we’re bringing you a bonus episode, from the Atlantic’s Floodlines podcast. On this episode, “Through the Looking Glass,” host Vann R. Newkirk II ...