Talkin' white

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Ok I had to recycle this thread because I have got some thing I want to add. Two year ago, part of my job assignment was to call clients. I was working for a nonprofit org then. When I first started I would speak using my regular tone of voice and I always use proper english. Well, in my regular tone of voice you can tell I am black (if that makes sense). After a few weeks it became apparent to me and to my boss that there was a connection between me sounding like a black person and my client list dropping. My boss and I came up with a plan for me to start speaking in a more "white" tone, so when using the "white" tone of voice people thought I was white and I would get more clients. The sad thing is that the plan actually worked. In this day and time, I should not have had to do that especially when I always use proper english. This nation has a looooong way to go before we can stop singing "we shall overcome".