I figure they can usually tell where you grew up by looking at your resume, so it doesn't really matter. To be fair, Black people have been fighting this battle

I figure they can usually tell where you grew up by looking at your resume, so it doesn't really matter. To be fair, Black people have been fighting this battle a lot longer than white people that get out of the South; if you sound "too black" people low ball you and make sure you have zero visibility to customers or management. It's interesting that the article never mentions code-switching.