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Episode 4: The problem with "sounding white"

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Is Your Voice Just the One You Got?

Colonna: I was recently linguistically profiled. How? It involved a support group for African Americans, and many of them had a criminal record. When he switched to what he called a neutral accent, uh-huh, he was often invited to see a new accent. But as for my voice, whether it works to my advantage or not, it's just the one I got. That's just theOne you got, Lila.

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