Code-switching is not new.  W.E.B. DuBois wrote about the complexities of duality, or double consciousness— and how Black people walked between two worlds.  And for many folks it was...and still is, a necessity for their advancement, survival and physical well-being…

BUT as more people of color describe themselves as “authentically” or “openly" Black, we began to wonder in this time of racial reckoning... if Black and brown people have become more comfortable expressing themselves— their FULL selves freely to others without code-switching? And most importantly, how and what will those conversations look and sound like?