Code-switching Video by Melisa Garcia

nzarate2_3 — 2025-07-30 22:46:28 UTC

Code switching was used in a way to gain trust and familiarity within other people. They used it to break through their walls, you tend to trust people who are like you, so they talked "white" so the white people on the other side of the phone can trust them more. They used code switching in their favor to manipulate the other person for the right reasons.

lourdeh945 — 2025-07-30 22:46:56 UTC

In both clips code switching is used as a way for empowerment to these marginalized communities. In the first clip of the Blackkklansman it is used as a way to gain trust and familiarity to others. As for the second clip of Sorry to Bother You I would say that it was used to as a ay to gain trust that could lead to monetary gain.

2025-07-30 22:49:46 UTC

Codeswitching works as a form of empowerment in both clips by allowing the characters to navigate and find their way through oppressive systems and essentially gain access to spaces or people that would close themselves to them if they didn't codeswitch. They also use codeswitching to manipulate those they are speaking to in order to relate or get through to them fully.

2025-07-30 22:50:12 UTC

Katherine
Code-switching works as a form of empowerment by giving individuals the ability to gain entry into spaces that might be against them or exclude them.

2025-07-30 22:51:18 UTC

Codeswitching works as a form of empowerment since it helps prevent stereotypes being set upon a person just for the way they look and talk, can help with fitting in a more professional setting where speaking informally wouldn't be as accepted. In the videos, they use a 'white voice' in order to sound proper according to stereotypes.

ashleynataly20 — 2025-07-30 22:51:58 UTC

Code Switching works as a form of empowerment in the clips to access spaces the characters would be excluded from. It empowers them to manipulate the expectations of the dominant group for their own benefit.

lourdeh945 — 2025-07-30 22:52:00 UTC

Charlize Gallego

Code-Switching can be used as empowerment by getting what you want. You’re not completely changing yourself from within but you are changing your look on the outside and peoples perspective on you. It can make a person have more power not by manipulating others but by switching up for survival. It’s all about if you really want it and what you are willing to do. As in breaking walls and switching your look for a brief time in certain environments.

2025-07-30 22:52:13 UTC

Codeswitching works as a form of empowerment by giving back control in repressive systems. In these examples, code switching was used to gain status and protect themselves. It is a language that is used to survive and as a tool to push back against systems that are against them.

2025-07-30 22:53:18 UTC

Code switching was used in these movies as a way to be professional and prevent others from putting labels and assumptions on them based on the way they spoke.

taallen4 — 2025-07-30 22:54:14 UTC

Code switching allowed the people in those clips to excel in a professional setting. Because they code switched, they allowed themselves to find success in an area they might not have otherwise because of judgment.

2025-07-30 23:15:24 UTC

Codeswitching works as a form of empowerment in Blackkklansman because the main character fools the Klan and uses their own racist ideas against the Klan. He is able to gain power and fight racism from the inside without getting caught.

The same kind of thing happens in Sorry to Bother You. The main character is unable to make any sells because he sounds "black". But when he uses his "white voice" he is able to make sells. So, his voice gives him power, but it also pulls him away from who he really is.

2025-07-31 04:29:22 UTC

Code switching works as a form of empowerment in the Blackkklansman clip by giving him an advantage in his case, since they only wanted to talk to a white man. Also, to make a connection and prove the man wrong that not everyone talks like he perceives them. In Sorry to Bother You, it shows that because he code switches, he gets more benefits with his sales, but also shows that not everyone is comfortable with code switching, even if it benefits.