Code Switching as a Harmful Act - Opinion Piece
This opinion piece published in CNN discusses the experience many immigrants to the US have of learning the American English dialect in an effort to fit in, similar to the discussion in Devyani Sharma's paper, "Style dominance: Attention, audience, and the ‘real me’". However, this opinion piece discusses code-switching as a more conscious effort, further suggesting that it is potentially harmful to immigrant populations and the children of immigrants who grow up in the United States. [Published on 04-15-2021]