In fact, language mixture is a central feature of Latinx speech in the United States; in research on the subject, the terms language-mixing and code-switching are typically treated as synonymous.

Code-switching is another fluidity tactic that African American characters employ. Gene Demby, lead blogger for National Public Radio's Code Switch team, defines code-switching in a unique way.

Code switching prevents people from feeling like they can be themselves, but culture coding is a heightened form of situational awareness that taps into the multidimensional nature of our true selves.

Code-switching — changing language, behavior, and appearance to conform to white-dominated workplaces — exacts a steeper price in the virtual realm.

Code-switching is another fluidity tactic that African American characters employ. Gene Demby, lead blogger for National Public Radio's Code Switch team, defines code-switching in a unique way.