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'On April 5, 2019, during a lecture, Dr. Ford, the vice chancellor of student affairs, was photographed in her sweater which said: “too tired to codeswitch.” After a student posted the image on Twitter, it went viral.'
'According to Dr. Ford, codeswitching is the ability “to navigate the environment that you are about to enter into.” She further elaborated by stating that it is the ability to know your audience, their tone, and manneCrisms in order to use those qualities to communicate for that time period.'
'Similarly, when we codeswitch, “we are standing up and saying we have a right to be here just like you do.” According to Dr. Ford, if we did not codeswitch, “we would truly be segregated,” and the current generation is being challenged with that.'
"So, like, my favorite images
Are the ones where...
Someone who isn't supposed to be there
Who's like in a space, a space where
We were not ever welcomed in or we were not invited
Yet we walk in and we show all the way up
People try to, put us down by saying
"She's doing the most" or "he's way too much"
But, like, why would we want to do the least?"