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You can watch CodeSwitching (2019) for free on Kanopy.

CodeSwitching is a mash-up of personal stories from three generations of African American students who participated in a landmark voluntary desegregation program. Shuttling between their inner-city Boston neighborhoods and predominantly white suburban schools in pursuit of a better education, they find themselves swapping elements of culture, language, and behavior to fit in with their suburban counterparts – Often acting or speaking differently based on their surroundings, called code-switching.

CodeSwitching is a film that explores themes of identity, sociology, linguistics. It also touches on african american studies.

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