> Is this really about sounding black, or is it just about sounding unprofessional? Either...? Typically, cultural immersion with a lack of "code-switching." T

> Is this really about sounding black, or is it just about sounding unprofessional? Either...? Typically, cultural immersion with a lack of "code-switching." That is, if you hang around black people, you begin to sound black. This is true for all cultures. You raise a good point, though, that Americans stereotype "sounding black" with "hanging around black people", and "hanging around black people" with lower averages for maximum level of received education, and transparently correlating that with (10% lower) income. There is much to learn about how much the brain does behind our backs.