Code switching is something many people do and experience, often without realising it.
While code switching is extremely nuanced and contextual, it’s often experienced to a heightened degree for people from racially marginalised backgrounds, especially in situations where they feel culturally unsafe. In this episode Hannah Kwon speaks to mental health and intersectionality expert Budi Sudarto and youth advocate Catherine Madziva on both their positive and negative experiences with code switching."Every single one of us has our own understanding about code-switching.
Budi says for them, there were times where code switching in the workplace had become so inherent, they often didn't realise until after-the-fact that they were doing it. Catherine says while there is a dark side to code switching, inherently, she doesn't believe it's a bad thing, especially when it comes to language.
While Catherine associates these forms of code switching as positive, she says the practice can become detrimental when she feels the need to do it out of safety, or so as not to miss an opportunity. Catherine says she acknowledges the way she has experienced code switching is different to that of other migrants.
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