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Do We Code-Switch Our Laughter?

Source: Atlas Obscura

Code-switching, a means for assimilation, is at the forefront of a larger discussion about race and culture. Laughter, it seems, may be one of the traits people change to fit into the larger scheme of society.

This entry was posted in The Individual and Society and tagged Culture & Society, Opinion, People on January 1, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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