An important perspective on race

[Christy (Christy Hemphill)]

@03Cobra

I simply noted that the capabilities exist to tell if a person is very likely African-American by listening to the voice.

Those “capabilities” are socialized. Because race is a cultural construct you learn as part of your socialization. The way people talk does not flow from any genetic reality, it flows from their identification with a particular speech community.

Look, we aren’t going to argue about this ad nauseum on this thread and have it descend into a bunch of posts where Vance tells the world how it is and refuses to learn from people who know better. It’s been discussed elsewhere, if you are interested:

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