Catchword: black-ccent

Filed Under: Black English, Race

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: With his light skin, African father and white mother, and only faint hint of what I call a “black-ccent"—the subtle vocal quality that makes most black Americans identifiable as black over the phone (yes, one can “sound black.” It’s been demonstrated repeatedly by linguistic analysis, and the “black-ccent” overlaps only partially with white Southern)—Mr. Obama would easily be cast by these types as “not too black.”

Article or Document Title:
“The Color of His Skin” (URL)

Author:
John McWhorter

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
The Sun

Publishing Location:
New York City

Date of Publication:
Sept. 21, 2006

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