Stop misdirecting. No one here is being racist. Don't try to twist our words, here.
I think you are confusing two different things.
If Kamala were speaking to a group of supporters who were of Indian ethnicity who did not speak English as a first language and she spoke to them in Hindi, or Bengali that would make sense.
Then, if she spoke to her alleged Jamaican Creole side of the family who also do not speak English as their first language and she spoke Patwa or Portuguese to them depending, then that would make sense and be seen as admirably accommodating. (That is what you say you do, right...?)
No one would criticize that at all.
But that's not what's happening!
She's speaking to, or interacting with, English speaking audiences and American people who speak English as their first language, but depending upon where she thinks she can gain the most diversity points, she embraces only one aspect of her ethnicity while denying the other, depending upon her 'crowd'.
She's engaging in different personalities altogether, and proclaiming herself 'Indian' or 'Black' or 'South Asian' or a 'Woman of Color' or a 'White, American Woman' with ever-changing body language, accents, and slang, whichever suits her more favorably at that moment.
This is what which is rightly seen as disingenuous or fake. She's not applying to be an actress for the Screen Actors Guild, but President of the United States.
If you can't see the difference, then you are being willfully ignorant.
To most of our minds, we have no issue with her blended ethnicity. But, from the beginning she should have identified as what she is - an American of Indian & Jamaican ethnicity. She's not 'Black' when it serves her or 'South Asian' when that serves her. She is of Indian & Jamaican ethnicity, period.
She's speaking to, or interacting with, English speaking audiences and American people who speak English as their first language, but depending upon where she thinks she can gain the most diversity points, she embraces only one aspect of her ethnicity while denying the other, depending upon her 'crowd'.
No, again, what she's doing is called code-switching. Did you not bother to even see what that was when I mentioned it? Obviously not, if you believe that it simply means speaking to someone in their native language.
What she is doing is showing whatever group she is with at the moment that she understands them and understands what is important to them. That is not a negative, and it doesn't make her fake or an actress.
Seriously, you need to at least try to understand multiculturalism. It's an important aspect of America today. I don't think you understand that criticizing Harris for code-switching, and being able to identify with more than one cultural background, and acknowledging that other Americans are from a non-WASP or multicultural background is going to blow up in your face.
You can keep saying that you're not a racist and that it's not racist to make these claims, but that isn't going to stop people thinking that this is all racially motivated. Especially when you also make comments about how her parents said they were Caucasian so they wouldn't be deported. I'm wondering why you think that. Because it's implying that the deportation policies in the US are based on race, and non-Caucasian people are more likely to be deported.
The comment about HBCUs having lower academic requirements than non-HBCUs also doesn't help your stance here. Where exactly are you getting that information?
Tell me how her using different accents or slang affects your life. How does it change anything in your life? Other than you choosing to let it bother you?
Choosing to make her heritage, and how she relates to different groups, such a big issue is not going to help anything.
There are plenty of things that she can be criticized over that would have an actual impact on people's lives. That should be what people are focusing on.
Racial codeswitching is one impression management strategy where Black people adjust their self-presentation to receive desirable outcomes (e.g., perceived professionalism) through mirroring the norms, behaviors, and attributes of the dominant group (i.e., White people) in specific contexts.
After all, language is powerful. It can be used to manipulate and gain control. We all make assumptions based on someone's language and behavior. If you're in a minority speaking with someone who's not, you likely code-switch to sound more like them because of cultural and racial biases. Sep 21, 2023
The dual nature of code-switching: Costs and benefits
Code-switching strategies are multifaceted and varied, and can result in a variety of benefits and drawbacks. For one, people may code-switch to obtain professional opportunities, avoid stereotypes, accrue cultural capital, or attain social belonging. These outcomes may bear a positive hue, yet the shadow of code-switching looms large, casting uncertainty upon one’s authentic self-expression. This incongruence in how individuals behave in different contexts can cause identity confusion and impact feelings of belonging in certain spaces. Moreover, the sustained act of code-switching can exact a mental toll, potentially leading to cognitive fatigue and burnout, as individuals remain hypervigilant to monitor their surroundings.
Just because people can be manipulative by using Code-switching does not make Code-switching itself manipulative. Pretty much anything can be used to manipulate people.
Why are you only posting what could be considered the negative aspects here? Are you trying to manipulate people into thinking code-switching is negative?
Look. People don't like the Code Switching that she's doing. It is seen as manipulative and disingenuous and weird. We don't like it, OK? We don't want that in our President.
We are looking for this:
Pro-America-First, Smart, Knowledgeable on EVERYTHING having to do with the United States Military, Foreign issues, GNP, etc., and ability to manage giant bodies of staff. Kamala had 95% of her staff quit according to reports.
We don't want Black First (instead of All- America First), we don't want 'Brat', or Momala, or Wine Mom, or Cool Aunt, or Fun Aunt. We don't want flip flopping, Open borders, Black today, Indian Tomorrow, something else next week.
We also are sick of everything LGBTQ at the White House and people picked for their Diversity instead of their talent and skills. We want Smart, Loyal, Americans in charge. Period.
CONSISTENCY is key.
If you don't get it. Sorry. I don't have any more time to discuss this with you.
Stop misdirecting. No one here is being racist. Don't try to twist our words, here.
I think you are confusing two different things.
If Kamala were speaking to a group of supporters who were of Indian ethnicity who did not speak English as a first language and she spoke to them in Hindi, or Bengali that would make sense.
Then, if she spoke to her alleged Jamaican Creole side of the family who also do not speak English as their first language and she spoke Patwa or Portuguese to them depending, then that would make sense and be seen as admirably accommodating. (That is what you say you do, right...?)
No one would criticize that at all.
But that's not what's happening!
She's speaking to, or interacting with, English speaking audiences and American people who speak English as their first language, but depending upon where she thinks she can gain the most diversity points, she embraces only one aspect of her ethnicity while denying the other, depending upon her 'crowd'.
She's engaging in different personalities altogether, and proclaiming herself 'Indian' or 'Black' or 'South Asian' or a 'Woman of Color' or a 'White, American Woman' with ever-changing body language, accents, and slang, whichever suits her more favorably at that moment.
This is what which is rightly seen as disingenuous or fake. She's not applying to be an actress for the Screen Actors Guild, but President of the United States.
If you can't see the difference, then you are being willfully ignorant.
To most of our minds, we have no issue with her blended ethnicity. But, from the beginning she should have identified as what she is - an American of Indian & Jamaican ethnicity. She's not 'Black' when it serves her or 'South Asian' when that serves her. She is of Indian & Jamaican ethnicity, period.
No, again, what she's doing is called code-switching. Did you not bother to even see what that was when I mentioned it? Obviously not, if you believe that it simply means speaking to someone in their native language.
What she is doing is showing whatever group she is with at the moment that she understands them and understands what is important to them. That is not a negative, and it doesn't make her fake or an actress.
Seriously, you need to at least try to understand multiculturalism. It's an important aspect of America today. I don't think you understand that criticizing Harris for code-switching, and being able to identify with more than one cultural background, and acknowledging that other Americans are from a non-WASP or multicultural background is going to blow up in your face.
You can keep saying that you're not a racist and that it's not racist to make these claims, but that isn't going to stop people thinking that this is all racially motivated. Especially when you also make comments about how her parents said they were Caucasian so they wouldn't be deported. I'm wondering why you think that. Because it's implying that the deportation policies in the US are based on race, and non-Caucasian people are more likely to be deported. The comment about HBCUs having lower academic requirements than non-HBCUs also doesn't help your stance here. Where exactly are you getting that information?
Tell me how her using different accents or slang affects your life. How does it change anything in your life? Other than you choosing to let it bother you?
Choosing to make her heritage, and how she relates to different groups, such a big issue is not going to help anything.
There are plenty of things that she can be criticized over that would have an actual impact on people's lives. That should be what people are focusing on.
Academic requirements shown below per published data:
840 - 1260 = 25% to 75% = HBCU's Average SAT/ACT Scores
1510 - 1580 = 25% to 75% = PWI's Ivy League Average SAT/ACT Scores
1450 - 1580 = NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES AVERAGE SAT SCORES
Sources:
https://www.alexscholarshipfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SFA-Resource_-HBCU-Average-SAT_ACT-Scores-2.pdf
https://www.solomonadmissions.com/post/what-is-a-good-sat-score-for-ivy-league/
https://toptieradmissions.com/average-sat-scores-at-top-colleges/
You're comparing them to Ivy League schools here, while previously you were comparing them to just non-HCBUs.
Do you think all non- HBCUs are Ivy League?
What is code-switching in race?
Racial codeswitching is one impression management strategy where Black people adjust their self-presentation to receive desirable outcomes (e.g., perceived professionalism) through mirroring the norms, behaviors, and attributes of the dominant group (i.e., White people) in specific contexts.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103121001025
Is code-switching manipulation?
After all, language is powerful. It can be used to manipulate and gain control. We all make assumptions based on someone's language and behavior. If you're in a minority speaking with someone who's not, you likely code-switch to sound more like them because of cultural and racial biases. Sep 21, 2023
https://drdivanyoung.com/code-switching-is-it-all-bad/
The dual nature of code-switching: Costs and benefits
Code-switching strategies are multifaceted and varied, and can result in a variety of benefits and drawbacks. For one, people may code-switch to obtain professional opportunities, avoid stereotypes, accrue cultural capital, or attain social belonging. These outcomes may bear a positive hue, yet the shadow of code-switching looms large, casting uncertainty upon one’s authentic self-expression. This incongruence in how individuals behave in different contexts can cause identity confusion and impact feelings of belonging in certain spaces. Moreover, the sustained act of code-switching can exact a mental toll, potentially leading to cognitive fatigue and burnout, as individuals remain hypervigilant to monitor their surroundings.
https://grad.berkeley.edu/news/announcements/lets-talk-about-code-switching-a-double-edged-sword/
Code-switching is not exclusive to black people.
Just because people can be manipulative by using Code-switching does not make Code-switching itself manipulative. Pretty much anything can be used to manipulate people.
Why are you only posting what could be considered the negative aspects here? Are you trying to manipulate people into thinking code-switching is negative?
Look. People don't like the Code Switching that she's doing. It is seen as manipulative and disingenuous and weird. We don't like it, OK? We don't want that in our President.
We are looking for this:
Pro-America-First, Smart, Knowledgeable on EVERYTHING having to do with the United States Military, Foreign issues, GNP, etc., and ability to manage giant bodies of staff. Kamala had 95% of her staff quit according to reports.
We want Strong, Honest, Available, Dependable, Quick, Sharp, Consistent, Stalwart, Hard-working, Dedicated, Loyal, Fair, Informed, Up-to-Date, Educated.
We don't want Black First (instead of All- America First), we don't want 'Brat', or Momala, or Wine Mom, or Cool Aunt, or Fun Aunt. We don't want flip flopping, Open borders, Black today, Indian Tomorrow, something else next week.
We also are sick of everything LGBTQ at the White House and people picked for their Diversity instead of their talent and skills. We want Smart, Loyal, Americans in charge. Period.
CONSISTENCY is key.
If you don't get it. Sorry. I don't have any more time to discuss this with you.