Tracey Weldon, who worked as a linguist in higher education for nearly 30 years, said African American Vernacular English ...

Echoing the speech patterns of her white colleagues, she avoided African American Vernacular English, spoke in a quieter voice and buttoned down her mannerisms. Even in casual moments around the ...

Their evolving slang reflects an ecosystem of pop culture references, viral memes and internet subcultures. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In contrast, the non-codeswitching Black coworker goes by their given “Black sounding” name, uses their normal African American Vernacular English, and wears their hair in its natural ...

Our aim was to describe the differences between the standard English of the classroom and the vernacular language ... Indian, Mexican-American, and black children. We are obviously dealing with ...