Red Ice TV - June 03, 2024


＂Code Switcher＂ Elected To Boston City Council

Topics
identity politics code switching problems code switching
Hosted by
Henrik Palmgren Lana Lokteff
Mentioned
Crockett Boomer
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Episode Stats


Length

9 minutes

Words per minute

162.66

Word count

1,520

Sentence count

152

Harmful content

Misogyny

4

sentences flagged

Toxicity

52

sentences flagged

Hate speech

8

sentences flagged


Summary

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In this episode, we discuss the Boston City Council, AOC and her comments, and why we need to get into the game of racial politics in America. We also talk about code switching and why it s more important than just a voice in a conversation.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 A black woman supposedly elected onto the Boston City Council, who refused to take the oath of office to support the Constitution, by the way, speaks during a council meeting.
00:00:10.560 Check this out.
00:00:11.980 Don't fight. 1.00
00:00:13.240 What the fuck do I have to do in this fucking council in order to get respect as a black woman? 1.00
00:00:22.060 And I'm going to tell you, I'm not afraid of losing the votes. 1.00
00:00:27.340 I'm not afraid of deceit.
00:00:30.900 I'm not afraid of anybody here.
00:00:33.820 I don't hate you as a white woman. 0.86
00:00:36.240 I don't hate you as a white man. 1.00
00:00:38.880 Oh, my God, I can't even call you cowards because desperation deserves mercy. 0.98
00:00:44.700 I am here to represent every single black woman and man that suffers in the community. 0.96
00:00:53.400 I am not afraid to not be elected again.
00:00:56.180 God has my back.
00:01:00.260 I can't.
00:01:01.180 Is this a sermon? 0.91
00:01:02.100 A black church sermon? 0.94
00:01:03.620 It's always a religious endeavor for these people. 0.96
00:01:06.360 Yeah.
00:01:06.520 Again, their race is the religion. 0.99
00:01:09.500 My people.
00:01:09.920 Their race is the religion. 0.99
00:01:10.440 She says for black people. 0.99
00:01:12.260 She wasn't elected for the American people, for white people, Asian people, brown, black people. 0.99
00:01:19.300 You see, everything she's doing is for black. 0.99
00:01:21.440 She's not thinking of anyone else. 0.73
00:01:23.240 This is what white folks have to figure out and fast, that every group, whether it's black, Muslim, Jewish, Asian, Mexican, they all think in terms like this.
00:01:31.900 They're all thinking in terms of their people.
00:01:34.780 That's why they're there.
00:01:35.960 Many of them are just outspoken about it, but many are covert about it.
00:01:39.540 And this is happening all across the West.
00:01:41.500 We've seen in elections in Europe as well with Muslims.
00:01:44.460 We are the only ones who are not thinking in terms of identity politics.
00:01:48.740 I saw this Boomer poster is blaming this on liberal Ron cities.
00:01:52.700 But no, this is about racial politics in diverse America. 0.54
00:01:57.080 This is anti-white ism. 1.00
00:01:58.780 This is die in your face. 0.97
00:02:00.400 And it's a perfect example of why we need to get into the game of identity politics and fast.
00:02:05.600 And it's also this point that every time these types of people come in and they're, of course, hyper, you know, racially charged and angry and angry.
00:02:14.420 And I'm going to hate to tell you.
00:02:15.560 I don't hate you.
00:02:16.340 Oh, really?
00:02:16.760 No.
00:02:16.900 Okay.
00:02:17.140 Anyway, no manners.
00:02:19.360 Right.
00:02:19.560 All the usual procedures for how you conduct yourself during meetings like this goes out the window.
00:02:25.360 And it's like that clip even we saw with the, you know, in Congress.
00:02:29.260 Right.
00:02:29.460 These are not just black women, AOC and even I guess even MTG joined into that. 0.99
00:02:33.320 A black woman just wagging her finger in your face, banging the table. 1.00
00:02:37.640 There's no order. 1.00
00:02:38.720 You can't get it.
00:02:39.260 It's starting to look like it's South African country or something.
00:02:41.580 Or I'm sorry.
00:02:42.160 It's starting to look like South Africa.
00:02:43.840 An African country, I guess that's what I'm saying. 0.96
00:02:45.980 Where there's no procedures and no, you, I'm here and I'm black and you need to listen to me now.
00:02:53.840 And every time they get an opportunity, then it becomes a pulpit for their racial interests.
00:02:57.640 But my Lord, I look forward to working together with you.
00:03:01.460 Don't come for me.
00:03:04.040 Can't wait to work together with you.
00:03:06.140 It's going to be real great.
00:03:07.760 I guess all those people.
00:03:08.840 Lots of peace and coming together, you know.
00:03:10.800 All those.
00:03:11.420 Lots of MLK holding hands, right?
00:03:13.840 Because if you want smoke, you get smoke.
00:03:18.400 I'm not afraid of any of you.
00:03:22.400 I came for my people.
00:03:24.720 My people.
00:03:26.300 The rice.
00:03:27.040 And that's all she's going to lobby for all the time.
00:03:31.540 Boston, yes.
00:03:32.140 Yeah, Boston.
00:03:32.540 And this is politics now.
00:03:34.840 This is what it is in diverse, multicultural, white countries.
00:03:39.200 Each group comes in and lobbies for their own.
00:03:42.380 And our detriment.
00:03:43.600 While we're here trying to be a peacemaker and bring all these people together.
00:03:47.340 And let's all get along.
00:03:48.780 And freedom and love. 0.98
00:03:50.080 And all this crap. 0.99
00:03:51.380 It's just getting worse. 1.00
00:03:52.500 And everyone else is organizing, organizing against us.
00:03:57.100 Do you code switch?
00:03:58.780 We break down what code switching is.
00:04:01.240 Code switching is the switching or alternate uses of different languages or linguistics in conversation.
00:04:07.840 So code switching is more than just a voice, too.
00:04:11.040 We code switch with our hair.
00:04:12.560 We code switch with the kinds of conversations that we choose to have in certain settings.
00:04:17.240 The way you present yourself, the way you might move your hands, the way you dress, all of that.
00:04:23.840 Basically, I'll be talking to my homegirls like, yeah, girl, he did this, he did that, da-da-da-da-da, ah-ah-ah, all that good stuff.
00:04:29.740 But then I'll come into work like, yes, Jim, absolutely, that's great, fantastic idea.
00:04:33.740 I think that's wonderful.
00:04:34.760 Black people are really resilient and ingenious in that way where we can deploy all kind of different tactics to achieve a certain social mobility, to keep ourselves safe.
00:04:44.660 I mean, I'm definitely code switching when the police will be over.
00:04:47.320 I feel that when we code switch, it's just us trying to fit in, trying to belong, trying to, you know, seem or be deemed appropriate in their eyes. 0.99
00:05:14.640 Hey, whippin' the police ass. 0.99
00:05:16.260 Hey, whippin' the police ass. 1.00
00:05:24.280 Back up, back up, back up, oh, back up. 1.00
00:05:28.360 Oh, oh, shit, oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:33.520 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:34.080 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:36.200 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:36.780 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:37.580 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:37.660 Oh, shit. 1.00
00:05:38.260 The problem is not with the way black people talk. 1.00
00:05:40.340 Black people can and do speak in a way that is reflective of our beautiful journey through the diaspora and all of the ways that we've managed to maintain a sense of culture and communication amongst one another.
00:05:55.420 The problem that needs to be changed is the value that we assign to the way white people talk and the way that we devalue the way that black people talk.
00:06:05.100 When we're in meetings with, you know, our coworkers or, you know, our managers or whatever it may be, we might speak in a way where we think that they would understand us better or a way where we feel like that speaking is going to get us ahead in life.
00:06:24.640 You just, you just voted to do it.
00:06:27.200 You just voted to do it.
00:06:29.820 Order, order.
00:06:30.720 I'm trying to get clarification.
00:06:32.040 Look at, calm down.
00:06:33.480 Calm down.
00:06:33.780 No, no, no, no, because this is what y'all do.
00:06:36.600 So, I'm trying to get clarification.
00:06:37.320 Hey, Ms. Crockett, you're not recognized.
00:06:39.000 Ms. Crockett.
00:06:39.300 I can't hear you with your yelling.
00:06:40.520 Calm down.
00:06:41.880 No.
00:06:42.200 Can you please calm down?
00:06:42.540 Don't tell me to calm down because y'all talk noise and then you can't take it.
00:06:46.440 You're out of control. 1.00
00:06:47.300 Because if I come and talk shit about her, y'all don't have a problem. 0.99
00:06:50.980 Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman. 0.99
00:06:52.460 All right.
00:06:52.800 Chair, okay.
00:06:54.000 Order.
00:06:55.200 Intelligence is often linked to whiteness, so black people are often encouraged in professional
00:07:00.240 settings to use a quote-unquote white voice, aka code switch.
00:07:05.980 And I'm going to tell you, I'm not afraid of losing the votes.
00:07:11.700 I'm not afraid of deceit.
00:07:13.820 I'm not afraid of anybody here.
00:07:16.200 I am here to represent every single black woman and man that suffers in the community.
00:07:24.440 As a black woman, I definitely do think code switching is imperative because a lot of times,
00:07:29.140 unfortunately, our tone can be misread.
00:07:31.640 We will say something in a manner that is bold to us, but it comes off as being aggressive. 1.00
00:07:36.940 What the fuck do I have to do in this fucking council in order to get respect as a black woman? 0.99
00:07:43.780 So we have to learn how to say things so that they're easily accepted by the people that we're talking to. 1.00
00:07:49.220 I am not afraid to not be elected again.
00:07:52.860 Don't come for me because if you want smoke, you'll get smoked.
00:07:55.900 I'm not afraid of any of you.
00:08:02.580 I came for my people.
00:08:05.620 I learned how to code switch at a very young age.
00:08:08.980 I've been code switching since like 96, okay?
00:08:11.460 My parents put me in an all-white private school.
00:08:14.580 I code switch the most with like a bill collector call or like I'm on the phone with somebody's
00:08:19.920 customer service and I need them to do me a favor.
00:08:21.860 I'm like, I was told by AppleCare, like I will code switch all the way.
00:08:27.960 And that's just what it is. 1.00
00:08:29.340 What the fuck do I have to do in this fucking council in order to get respect as a black woman? 1.00
00:08:51.860 What the fuck do I have to do? 1.00
00:09:01.100 What the fuck do you do in this fucking council? 1.00
00:09:03.700 How does that mean? 1.00
00:09:06.720 What the fuck do you do? 0.99
00:09:07.720 I know that you have to say whatever you do that. 1.00
00:09:08.960 How does that mean?
00:09:10.180 I don't know.
00:09:10.400 How do I have to run me? 0.99
00:09:11.480 How do I have to run me when you do this fucking pack? 0.99
00:09:13.720 What do you do in the shopping cart? 1.00
00:09:14.620 I don't know them.
00:09:15.640 I don't know whether it be a package because you're up to the mary.
00:09:17.680 I don't know them.
00:09:18.740 I don't know them.