The way we mix languages and speech patterns is an apt metaphor for the way race, ethnicity and culture intersect in our lives. Introducing our new blog, Code Switch.

The writer and cast of Boarders - about five black teenagers with scholarships to an elite boarding school - on code switching, education and opportunity.

Code-switching has become a topic of debate as discord erupts over Kamala Harris's shift in tone on the campaign trail.

Linda Williamson Nelson, CODE-SWITCHING IN THE ORAL LIFE NARRATIVES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN: CHALLENGES TO LINGUISTIC HEGEMONY, The Journal of Education, Vol. 172, No. 3, HISTORY AND VOICE IN ...

We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On ...