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>> they thought you were using the queens english, basically. what do you think? whats your retort to that? >> im getting torn up by my fellow black people. theyre pulling me down for not explicitly stating it like we might do up in the hood. and then i get points is cory code switching right now, talking to different people in different ways. in a debate you get up there in front of millions of americans, to have the vice president of the united states distorting your record, do it with a smile...

You want to make some money here? >> people say i talk with the white boys jaanyway. >> you dont talk white enough. were not talking will smith white. im talking about the real deal like this young guy. >> i didnt catch you at the wrong time, did i? >> the white voice is at the center of an original new film by rapper activist and now filmmaker boots riley. it takes on race, class, capitalism and power through parody, code switching and humor. the film centers around the character crashus green....

It sounds righteous, right, but it doesnt -- its not off putting i think. so president obama today was at his absolute best. i would put it up with one of his best speeches of all time and hes given so many great speeches. so hes completely on fire and hes doing a great job. so i dont think hillary cant -- hillary can criticize trump its just that she needs to also be giving a more positive, hopeful message and speaking maybe to the issues that matter to the voters that arent turning out, millen...

Best. i would put it up with one of his best speeches of all time and hes given so many great speeches. so hes completely on fire and hes doing a great job. so i dont think hillary cant -- hillary can criticize trump, she needs to also give a more positive, hopeful message and speaking maybe to the issues that matter to the voters that arent turning out, millennial and the black voters. >> hes doing a bit of code switching today, come on, yall, man, especially in north carolina. right? it was --...

What police do and which police interface with people in the city of new york city that actually will determine what the quality of life is. the numbers suggest that crime is -- violent crime is down, maybe a slight uptick in terms of shootings. but governor christie doesnt even want to acknowledge that data thats there. i dont even know how to engage in a conversation with someone who doesnt operate on the basis of facts. facts matter. >> they certainly do. christie had tough words for presiden...

Woman and i get what youre saying about sort of her capacity for discourse but i also think its the code switching. its a particular kind of discourse she was good at. >> this gets at your broader point about intersectionality because this is also about class in addition to race and gender and how we view class and o.j.s daughter obviously is of a very different class than rachel. that shades peoples perceptions of trustworthness, of honesty. its also skin color, she was a beauty. >> all of it t...

That. >> dialect most black american people and should be a badge of prize. instead -- >> why dont we do the whole show in that dialect so we can get a flavor for it? >> we are talking about code switching. there is formal, informal. white, mostly black. you can do both. we are in a rather formal context and most of us are not black. so this is not the context. that does not mean when you do it you are doing something wrong. i wish we had more pride in the dialect. black people 100 years ago ten...

>> the okie-doke. >> thats been a crucial part of his appeal to his followers. the president who once refused change from a cashier says were straight, is great at code switching. he can move from speaking in a black way to speaking with white speaking norms. he can sound comfortable in both areas. language is central to how race is perceived, so our next guest examined obama and the politics of race through the lens of language through a fascinating new book called articulate white black: obama...

To scratch it together. because youre part of the american family. whats happening down in new orleans? wheres your dollar? wheres your stafford act money? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasnt been taken out. >> so theres the president doing what so many of us, as african-americans do, hes code switching. hes speaking to an mask american audience, he has the fire. just two days before the debate this dropped and the narrative is somehow the presidents an angry black man. is that part of wha...

Dude, you know that you are, and you know thats why we elected you. we wanted to see one of us in office. and were -- we are at the very -- were the base of barack obama, were his base, and i think -- you would see george w. bush talk directly to his base sometime in clear tones in way barack does through code switching but doesnt talk districtly to his base. sometimes as a black person that is frustrating. >> what other american president, when he tells the story of american greatness. they all...