“The way we mix languages and speech patterns is an apt metaphor for the way race, ethnicity and culture intersect in our lives.”

Source: www.npr.org

Who we are, and how we behave is often dependent on the the circumstances and the cultural norms that govern those situations, places and relationships.  All of us, including President Obama, fit into many distinct cultural environments and the picture above shows a quick moment, when he can slip in and out of cultural settings (this was spoofed by Key and Peele). 

Questions to Ponder: When do you ‘code switch‘ and how come?  What does this mean for society at large and for the intersecting cultural groups with which we personally might identify?  When is this being fake or culturally inauthentic? 

Tags: culture, language, race, unit 3 culture.