Is "Talking White" Actually A Thing?
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2018
- The phenomenon of "talking white," or changing your voice to sound more like a white person, is having a real media moment right now. Upcoming films "Sorry to Bother You" and "BlacKkKlansman" both feature black men appearing to be white over the phone. But does it work?
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“If you speak in a Southern accent, people automatically want to deduct 100 IQ points.” -Jeff Foxworthy
Actually, the host sounds white
Host: "Can you tell my race just from hearing my voice?"
I hear the voice and the beginning.
As a black girl who grew up going to a primarily white school, I can’t talk with an African American vernacular even if I tried; I’ll just sound like a basic white girl trying to act black 😂😂
Was I the only one that guessed wrong?
it’s like saying “ax” instead of “ask”
I'm white and honestly I've noticed a trend with everyone changing their voice when they are on a phone call. My mom always does it and we call it her "phone voice." My dad also tries really really hard to speak clearly on the phone (he has a speech impediment) so I don't think it's always JUST a race thing. People change their voices to come off a certain way just as we dress different ways for certain occasions.
I'm a dark skin black woman and I have a lot of people tell me 'I sound white'. My grandmother used to help me with my school work and she speaks proper, so I most likely got my accent from her than having a traditional black southern accent
People are going to talk in the tone of voice they pick up from the area they were raised in. In my neighborhood, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you closed your eyes and listened to a room full of people.
As a side note, in other languages, "code switching" is talking informal with your friends and family and talking formal for your elders and higher-ups
Criminal makes me think of a bald stocky heavy tattooed white guy with a thin moustache
I also speak job interview
Take notice that Asians are always left out of this whole race debate.
Nobody talks about the opposite effect! I'm an actress and am currently dealing with not sounding "black enough" or more "urban". I'm not less black because my mother taught me how to speak with correct grammar!
You can literally take anyone of any race, put them in a environment where they're raised in for years and they will sound like the people around the area. I know asian people that speak in ebonics, hispanics that speak in british accents, etc.
When I thought of a criminal, I thought of a white guy with a shaved head, wearing a tracksuit. That is more typical in England.
People Get Bullied for This.
Girl: why you sound like a white person?
-When he said genius I thought of a really smart white dude