People who change their voice when speaking to white people

[Justise M]

Have ya'll ever seen this before? it's a weird thing.

I have this co worker. who talks in a normal way (not steortypical) when he's talking to me or other black peers.

but every time he's in a convo with a white people he changes in the following ways:

1. the tone of his voice gets higher (almost feminine)
2. he talks in kind of happy go lucky sounding way. ie "There you go Dave!" "The Cubs were a great team Dave!" "That's not good Dave"
3. he says their name after everything he says.
4. he has an obviously fake laugh after anything they say. even if it's not supposed to be funny.

5. The most annoying: i'll be sitting in the vicinity working on something (having nothing to do with the convo). and he'll go "is that right Justise?" I always ignore him when he does that.

what's the deal

 

[Mowgli]

It's called code switching

And dont trip because white people change their voice when talking to white people and do that same neutered customer service voice bullshyt.

 

[Black Barbie]

My grandmother does this when she's on the phone, then talks trash about white people when she gets off the phone.

 

[Heafcliffe]

If anything, mine's deepens to instill a minutae of .

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Job voice

But if it's just a regular white folk and they not cutting me a check tf I look like changing my voice up

 

[Justise M]

Job voice

But if it's just a regular white folk and they not cutting me a check tf I look like changing my voice up

yeah its not a customer or anything like that. just a co worker who has no effect on the trajectory of your career

 

[William F. Russell]

I always keep the bass in my voice. The volume may adjust however.

 

[Athenna]

My voice always changes depending on who I talk to. I wonder if I do that too.

 

[Rawtid]

I do it all the time. Speak "proper" English and put the double negatives on hold. They aren't my friends so I'm not going to speak like I'm comfortable around them.

 

[SeveroDrgnfli]

@blankposter definitely does this shyt. I noticed he changes the language and tone of his posts based on the topic.

Dude is always switching up his delivery because he caters to the crowd. I'm sure he doesn't even recognize it anymore.

It's a survival tactic. My work buddy and I are always making fun of stupid people sound when they do this. Anyone with half a brain knows it's fake. It's actually insulting to one's intelligent to lie to someone's face.

I know when people are using language they're not comfortable with because they use awkwardly.

It's really embarrassing to me when black people come into my job and act and attempt to speak like yuppies.

lol you can order as much kale as you want we know you're not a yuppie as soon as you say quinoa or ask for ranch.

The people we like the most just speak to us like they're comfortable with us. I'm comfortable in my own skin so I use the same language and tone with everyone. excluding shy children.

I ask what words mean and how to say them everyday. That's why I know so many. Everyone has an accent and you shouldn't be ashamed of where you come from. Again, code switching is lying.

 

[Insun Park]

White people do it to us
Why not do it to them?

 

[Justise M]

I do it all the time. Speak "proper" English and put the double negatives on hold. They aren't my friends so I'm not going to speak like I'm comfortable around them.

I understand that. but people like the person I describe take it further than that. He acts different. it's like he's imitating something he's seen on TV

 

[Rawtid]

I understand that. but people like the person I describe take it further than that. He acts different. it's like he's imitating something he's seen on TV

He probably is and that's not a bad thing, imo. Again, there are people you just don't get comfortable with so you put on a facade. It's no different than whites who try to be "down" around blacks, knowing damn well that's no who they are.

 

[MillionMills]

Job interview voice

 

[Concerning VIolence]

My voice is the same all the time. I don't change it for no one.