“Sounding White” and Other Adventures in Code-Switching

Is there linguistic merit to AOC’s National Action Network speech?

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Given her incendiary nature, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) lives with a media target on her back. Her latest debacle comes after her April 5th speech at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Conference. After The Hill tweeted an excerpt…