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murderbear
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"Can I tell y'all some wild shit?"


          

TLDR: I faked a foreign accent in a job interview, got the job and kept the accent for two years so far.

I'm only telling y'all this now cuz I'm at a breaking point and need to leave this bitch....the guilt of privilege, imposter syndrome, and other identity issues are all very real and aren't worth the effort at this point.

So, a little over two years ago I held a management position at a small contractor but was basically the right hand man to the director with no direct reports of my own. He was a young guy that was promoted from manager, and I slid up into his spot, but it was obvious that it was as far as I'd go at this company since he wasn't going anytime soon.
And I was happy with it, I had the leeway to do what I wanted and was able to work on my own professional development...certs, degree, etc

I was only really motivated to leave as my daughter was about to enter college and I realized the scholarships werent gonna come in like we thought.

So I started applying to director positions. Actually, folks would reach out to me because I looked good on paper....in the world of construction I had field experience (ex-tradesperson) and corporate experience, the highest certs in the industry, an undergrad degree and was working on a grad degree that was specific to my field.
inevitably though, those convos would get to salary and it would be a dub.
For context, I was making 108k and was looking at a raise that would take me to about 115K, so I wasn't really looking to leave for less than 130, cuz like i said, I had it pretty good....it would be tight for college, but doable.

Anyway, I found a job, applied, got the callback and a scheduled interview...and I had a conversation with a friend about standing out in person the same way that i appeared to stand out on paper, and they suggested jokingly that I should use a foreign accent. At the time it was shits and giggles, so I agreed, but imagine my surprise when 5 minutes into the interview the recruiter tells me he's pushing me through and then spent the next 50 minutes just shooting the shit. it actually started to get a little flirty, but i was widdit...lol

more context, my parents ARE foreign. I'm black and grew up in NYC 30 years ago, so while my passport is not american, EVERYTHING else is. I don't identify with my country of birth, but can play the role, so I did.

I breezed through 3 subsequent interviews in a week and had a job offer two weeks later at 140 and a 25% bonus, even though I asked for 130.

Truthfully, it was all humorous but it also made me mad, it was like wearing a whiteman mask and then hearing everyone talking about "those niggers" over there.

Anyway, I went from a 50/50 field/office split, to a completely corporate environment and all the politics that go with it, but also executive travel and meals and all the perks of corporate privilege.

I've run into old friends while at corporate events and had to switch the accent out both sides of my mouth within the same room, but I've kept the secret for two years now and have essentially doubled my income in the last 3 years, allowing my daughter to graduate this year with no debt, thanks to me paying 50K+ out of pocket.

but jesus, i feel like i sold my soul, yo
I'd take a pay cut to find something I'd be happy with

Anyway, thats it, just wanted to vent and liven the boards a little
AMA, if you want

  

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Code switching on roids!!!
Jun 13th 2023
1
that's exactly what it is
Jun 13th 2023
9
ok ross.
Jun 13th 2023
2
I don't get this, school me
Jun 22nd 2023
67
what's the accent?
Jun 13th 2023
3
UK
Jun 13th 2023
13
      no wonder you got the job.
Jun 13th 2023
14
           you instantly become a genius with that fucking accent.
Jun 13th 2023
16
           The reaction has always been favorable
Jun 13th 2023
17
you George Costanza mufucker lol...Seinfeldish
Jun 13th 2023
4
who the f makes up an accent? youre a sociopath lol
Jun 13th 2023
5
i mean, it WAS my accent
Jun 13th 2023
7
      finally read it all, so it wasnt a fake accent. Youre good lol
Jun 13th 2023
10
      RE: i mean, it WAS my accent
Jun 14th 2023
43
if I wasn't Jamaican, then why would I wear this hat?
Jun 13th 2023
6
funny enough, i'm half jamaican too
Jun 13th 2023
11
Made me think of this too:
Jun 22nd 2023
70
just drop the accent
Jun 13th 2023
8
My elocution is unfukwithable, thanks
Jun 13th 2023
12
this shit is hilarious and infuriating at the same time.
Jun 13th 2023
15
it angers the shit outta me
Jun 13th 2023
18
Need to tell my wife to fake an accent
Jun 13th 2023
20
      yikes....
Jun 13th 2023
22
      lying ass nigga, you know your wife WHITE! lol
Jun 13th 2023
34
           She’s not white, she’s french - Tommy
Jun 14th 2023
50
THIS… i ain’t mad at him tho ha
Jun 13th 2023
40
lol thats dope
Jun 13th 2023
19
The degree of wildness did not disappoint.
Jun 13th 2023
21
Tryna restore the feeling...lol
Jun 13th 2023
23
You have to gradually pretend to lose the accent.
Jun 13th 2023
24
lol.
Jun 13th 2023
25
fuck around and find out.
Jun 13th 2023
28
lol
Jun 13th 2023
30
Nah, when I quit i'm just gonna go back to "normal"
Jun 13th 2023
29
Man this gets me for a couple of reason.
Jun 13th 2023
26
I'll admit that I have that southern bias myself....
Jun 13th 2023
27
trying to get this man fired?
Jun 13th 2023
31
He could easily do it anonymously
Jun 13th 2023
37
Agree with everything you wrote, especially abt southern acc bias. But
Jun 13th 2023
33
      Oh it has nothing to do with her accent/perceived intelligence
Jun 13th 2023
36
archive request
Jun 13th 2023
32
This....this is not what "imposter syndrome" is.
Jun 13th 2023
35
You’re right. My imposter syndrome is separate from this
Jun 13th 2023
39
I feel like this IS imposter syndrome, and the worst possible kind...
Jun 14th 2023
42
      agreed.. he can do the job
Jun 14th 2023
44
What a great read!
Jun 13th 2023
38
This is classic archive material just off the TLDR...
Jun 14th 2023
41
I had a great relationship with an Australian woman
Jun 14th 2023
45
Pssht...I'm from NC and I been faking a "northern" accent for 23 years..
Jun 14th 2023
46
Is this really different from "code switching"?
Jun 16th 2023
63
I'll say again. This story should go viral
Jun 14th 2023
I'll say again. This story should go viral
Jun 14th 2023
47
yeah...nah...let's keep it low til i leave at least
Jun 14th 2023
48
      Once you leave will you maintain the ruse if/when you see colleagues
Jun 14th 2023
49
      I'll never see these hoes again
Jun 14th 2023
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           Yo I’m imagining someone saying the “hood” name of
Jun 14th 2023
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           right. it was a pretty memorable exchange
Jun 14th 2023
54
           nigga, I need this to be an episode. Call Danny Glover quick
Jun 14th 2023
55
                you nailed it
Jun 14th 2023
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      Alright you have to report back when you leave and do the confession
Jun 14th 2023
57
Hadn’t really thought about it, but my wife is a light version
Jun 14th 2023
51
Man my homey from college was name Shawneeqwa
Jun 14th 2023
58
This is an I Think You Should Leave sketch.
Jun 14th 2023
59
Write my script please, Longo....starring Tracy Morgan as me
Jun 16th 2023
60
Tracy Morgan doing a fake UK accent for a job is GOLD.
Jun 16th 2023
61
See reply #24.
Jun 16th 2023
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      Where is IkeMoses?..
Jun 24th 2023
73
Yet folks get on here and argue about ADOS needing reparations
Jun 17th 2023
64
Yeah, it’s definitely a thing
Jun 17th 2023
65
      Bro when you quit. Holla at me!!
Jun 22nd 2023
69
you got to be about it or be without it (c) E40
Jun 17th 2023
66
Not even mad at you
Jun 22nd 2023
68
One of my coworkers is British
Jun 23rd 2023
71
      this would be a great TV pilot
Jun 24th 2023
72
           Yep
Jun 24th 2023
74

legsdiamond
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1. "Code switching on roids!!!"
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I mean, if you are from there its more of embellishment than faking it.

but lmao at having to switch at functions while in the same room.

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murderbear
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9. "that's exactly what it is"
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and my friends have said exactly that...."well, it AINT a lie, but..."

  

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2. "ok ross."
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-The Knicks’ coaching search still includes a lone frontrunner, Kurt Rambis, whose qualifications for the position include a strong relationship with Jackson and a willingness to take the job.

  

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murderbear
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67. "I don't get this, school me"
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I get Costanza, but I guess I'm not up on Friends like that

  

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3. "what's the accent?"
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murderbear
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13. "UK"
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It's not quite a "Tally ho, pip pip" situation
or a "Me an the mandem, bruv"

Just "regular" english

  

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14. "no wonder you got the job."
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Americans love a British accent.

  

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16. "you instantly become a genius with that fucking accent. "
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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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murderbear
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17. "The reaction has always been favorable"
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starting with girls in HS

in adulthood, it's less about the accent and more about having this "interesting" background

if you wanna get deeper into it, there's a conversation to be had about Black vs black (shoutout to Bin), and what the masses are more comfortable with.

Visually, I'm Black. Verbally, in this case, I'm black. There's no denying that's it's made a difference. None of my credentials changed whatsoever, just the way they were perceived.

  

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4. "you George Costanza mufucker lol...Seinfeldish"
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5. "who the f makes up an accent? youre a sociopath lol"
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7. "i mean, it WAS my accent"
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from the time i could talk until I was in my teens

but I assimilated to the US and stopped using it
it only usually comes out when I'm speaking with my parents or my family that still lives there
but it's 2nd nature, i don't even think about it

I can hold a phone convo with my mom and an in person convo with my best friend in real time, and switch back and forth without even thinking

#immigrantproblems
but yes, it's sociopath shit too...lol

  

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10. " finally read it all, so it wasnt a fake accent. Youre good lol"
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>from the time i could talk until I was in my teens
>
>but I assimilated to the US and stopped using it
>it only usually comes out when I'm speaking with my parents or
>my family that still lives there
>but it's 2nd nature, i don't even think about it
>
>I can hold a phone convo with my mom and an in person convo
>with my best friend in real time, and switch back and forth
>without even thinking
>
>#immigrantproblems
>but yes, it's sociopath shit too...lol

  

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43. "RE: i mean, it WAS my accent"
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>from the time i could talk until I was in my teens
>
>but I assimilated to the US and stopped using it
>it only usually comes out when I'm speaking with my parents or
>my family that still lives there
>but it's 2nd nature, i don't even think about it
>
>I can hold a phone convo with my mom and an in person convo
>with my best friend in real time, and switch back and forth
>without even thinking
>
>#immigrantproblems
>but yes, it's sociopath shit too...lol

I would just ween them f**kers off of it. slowly stop doing it and see if people notice. maybe start doing raps and singing without it and say you have been trying to not do the accent anymore.

You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

  

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6. "if I wasn't Jamaican, then why would I wear this hat?"
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11. "funny enough, i'm half jamaican too"
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but my patois is shit and I wouldn't dare to fake that funk

  

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70. "Made me think of this too:"
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8. "just drop the accent"
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say you took elocution lessons...

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12. "My elocution is unfukwithable, thanks"
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It's a British accent

  

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15. "this shit is hilarious and infuriating at the same time. "
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I’m mad you had to do that shit and even madder that upon hearing it you got that “He aint Black BLACK” treatment.

and one of my pet peeves is news folks with UK accents on Fox News talking shit about America. The fucking nerve.. lol.

but anyway.. yeah.. this some bullshit.

but “akuna mutadda.. do what you gotta”

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18. "it angers the shit outta me"
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and there's a level of shame too

Worse still, my wife (black american) has been corporate all her life and has struggled to get to director level the whole time.
She was in shock that my path was so fucking easy. 5 years prior to that hire, I was in a ditch pulling string through a pipe as a union worker.

She supports that I did what I had to do and bears me no ill will, but I know that it burns the shit out of her too.

  

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20. "Need to tell my wife to fake an accent"
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she runs into the same shit.

One time her boss at a cafe was like
dude: what are your parents.
her: Black
dude: mother and father?
her: yup
dude: so.. mother is Black, Father is Black?
her: yes
dude: Black american?
her: yes
dude: both of them?

she was let go like a week later.. smh.

he could not believe she was Black because she had light skin and a hair texture that could go from afro to wavy blowout

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22. "yikes...."
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When I was in construction, i used to SMH at my wife's corporate stories and think "so glad i'm not in that bullshit"

Now, in the frathouse culture that i work in, i have a greater respect and level of empathy for the bullshit that women, particularly Black women, go through in an office setting.

  

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34. "lying ass nigga, you know your wife WHITE! lol"
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50. "She’s not white, she’s french - Tommy"
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TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*

  

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40. "THIS… i ain’t mad at him tho ha"
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>I’m mad you had to do that shit and even madder that upon
>hearing it you got that “He aint Black BLACK” treatment.

  

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19. "lol thats dope"
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<--- Big Baller World Order

  

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21. "The degree of wildness did not disappoint."
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23. "Tryna restore the feeling...lol"
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24. "You have to gradually pretend to lose the accent."
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Week by week, start pronouncing an increasing amount of words with an American accent, pretending that you're becoming more assimilated into the culture, like Wilson's Toupees.


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25. "lol."
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*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

  

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28. "fuck around and find out."
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at the next wave of cuts..

don’t do it!!!

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30. "lol"
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29. "Nah, when I quit i'm just gonna go back to "normal""
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I have a couple of companies that i'm interviewing with...hoping I can make that move soon

  

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26. "Man this gets me for a couple of reason. "
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As a Southern that has moved to the North East, I know Southern Accents are perceived as being not as bright. I got into it real hard with a Nigerian cat who was trying to clown Jim Clyburn for sounding like a slave. FOlks come for Ben Crump all the time despite the crazy verdicts he gets.

Secondly, I know British Accents SKATE at work. Like I've work with 2 of the greatest bullshiters at work and they get to get away with it because they sounds smart with their British Accents.

And not really related, but I hate when British Actors get black American parts and do American accents. Just hire a Black American actor.


Anyway, I feel bad for you. You should link up with a journalist and let them tell the story.


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27. "I'll admit that I have that southern bias myself...."
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Growing up in NYC, it was a culture shock when i went to Fayetteville NC to see family (military), and I immediately equated that southern drawl from the locals to slow thinking.

It was dumb thinking on my part at 17 and I recognize it, and I constantly had to check myself as I grew older.

I had considered documenting my experience but I'm not convinced that I'm articulate enough to do it justice

  

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31. "trying to get this man fired? "
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dont tell no one until you retire

fuck that shit.. fake it till you make it, and you MADE it.

people have done so much worse.

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37. "He could easily do it anonymously"
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And it would be a bigger story about the English Accent Bias at work.

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33. "Agree with everything you wrote, especially abt southern acc bias. But"
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just want to relate what you've said here back to a comment I saw you make in another post about Diddy dating Yung Miami/Caresha from the City Girls:

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13485724&mesg_id=13485724&page=#13485773

I'm not going to assume you were aware when you wrote that, and maybe this'll soften your judgement of them a little, but one of the reasons that relationship/situationship gets the flack it does (apart from the large age difference) is because of this Southern accent bias you're talking about.

Yung Miami/Caresha is ridiculed a lot because of her thick Florida-south accent and slang. People drag her online taking shots at her IQ and literacy, and imply that she is beneath dating a prominent figure like Diddy simply because of how she sounds. (Meanwhile, they've been involved with each other for years now, and recently attended one of the snobbiest galas in fashion looking happy af, defiant af, Black af, and draped in custom Blackity-Black Sean John https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/yung-miami-p-diddy-met-gala-2023-billboard-1-1548.jpg )

It's AWFUL and Yung Miami/Caresha has spoken up about the insecurity it gives her:

https://rollingout.com/2023/04/20/yung-miami-voice-illiterate/

Which is too bad, because I actually LOVE listening to her and JT talk bc it's so rare to hear that particular type of southern accent in media compared to even some of the more accepted southern ones (e.g. Texas accents). I also love that Diddy supported the development of her show/podcast Caresha Please to not only grow her platform but showcase her, her personality, other young women like her, and especially her slang and accent. Her story's actually really interesting bc she's overcome a lot in life despite her young age (e.g. https://youtu.be/_DmGbt-GHQI?t=502), and remember that she had to like perform pregnant and handle City Girls business by herself while JT was in prison.

But ya. This type of discrimination sucks. Many of my friends and a couple family members were self-conscious of their African accents for a long time, despite them not even being that thick. But the reverse also happens too (when trying to speak indigenous language with Western accent).

  

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36. "Oh it has nothing to do with her accent/perceived intelligence"
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And everything to do with her age and, if I am being honest, her ratchetness. I know that's a different type of bias but I don't think perceived ratchetness has anything to do with intelligence. In fact, the most ratchet girls I knew in college were also the smartest.

I love me a good Southern Accent on a woman.


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32. "archive request"
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35. "This....this is not what "imposter syndrome" is."
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39. "You’re right. My imposter syndrome is separate from this"
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But I have it nonetheless.
For a while I was good at what I do based on my ability to connect with others, empathize, and motivate, but I had very little technical knowledge.

Now I have a fair amount of technical knowledge, but sometimes feel as if I’ve just been collecting certificates…I got my associates, bachelors and masters in my 40s, and just don’t feel as qualified as people that have been in a corporate space their whole career.

  

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42. "I feel like this IS imposter syndrome, and the worst possible kind..."
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Imposter syndrome is the feeling of self-doubt in your abilities - in which you feel like a fraud regardless of your accomplishments/achievements. In this case it's gotta feel crazy because in some ways he IS a fraud, but the accent has nothing to do with his actual abilities to be successful in the role and competency.

  

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44. "agreed.. he can do the job"
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but he is faking an accent to help get by and distract from his abilities

still smart to do if you can pull it off.

I think of he wasn’t from the UK it would be ridiculous.. and even better.

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38. "What a great read!"
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Oh man, that is a hell of a story.

  

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41. "This is classic archive material just off the TLDR..."
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Then the full story is even better.

Hilarious and disheartening at the same time. My company (American based) have had our last two CEOs from the UK and Australian. I've been in board meetings with the current CEO. He's cool - but man, with that accent and his stature as CEO he can just ask a simple question in a meeting and sound like a genius. It's instant credibility and at a subconscious level. Like I didn't even fully grasp the depth of it until reading THIS post.

  

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45. "I had a great relationship with an Australian woman "
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who worked for a cybersecurity vendor.

no matter what she was talking about it sounded regal due to her accent.

Also had an old coworker who was just fired who was from Holland. She was crazy. To the point that sometimes I wondered if she really was from Holland or if she just mastered the accent.

She mispronounced Canal but maybe they call them (CAN - NILL) which threw me off.

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46. "Pssht...I'm from NC and I been faking a "northern" accent for 23 years.."
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stop trippin on yourself...
GET DIS MONEY!

  

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63. "Is this really different from "code switching"?"
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"I'll say again. This story should go viral"


  

          

and spark a discussion on UK Accents versus everything else.


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47. "I'll say again. This story should go viral"
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and spark a discussion on UK Accents versus everything else.


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48. "yeah...nah...let's keep it low til i leave at least"
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49. "Once you leave will you maintain the ruse if/when you see colleagues "
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from this job?

  

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52. "I'll never see these hoes again "
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There's one brother I'll stay in touch with....he's actually not here anymore (laid off) and I owe him a confession.

When I got hired he was hyped cuz there's so few black people in director positions and above
So initially, we sat down and told each other about our professional backgrounds, you know, just feeling each other out.
I could tell that he was hesitant to be on some casual shit with me cuz the accent was fucking with him.
But he grew up in the hood, not far from where my wife grew up, so when he gave the formal name of the neighborhood, i countered it with the "hood" name for it to show him i was down, or at least aware, so to speak.

That shit blew his mind and we been cool ever since, but I was never able to tell him the real deal.
Since then we've kept in touch and i always told myself when i leave i'mma come clean and hopefully he gets a kick out of it like some of you did.

  

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53. "Yo I’m imagining someone saying the “hood” name of "
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a local community but in a UK accent…

This whole story is just hilarious. It could legit be a movie. You can’t make this ish up!!!

  

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54. "right. it was a pretty memorable exchange"
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so much so that when i met his wife, he introduced me using the hood name as a reference, which told me that he relayed the story to his wife when it happened.

  

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55. "nigga, I need this to be an episode. Call Danny Glover quick"
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this shit is fucking hilarious

saying that shit in a UK accent had to be hard too

“oh yah..I’m type familiar with the Boogie Down my guy”

dude is going to be wide eyed like shit.



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56. "you nailed it"
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I'm not in NY anymore, but The Bronx/Boogie Down is a perfect analogy

  

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57. "Alright you have to report back when you leave and do the confession "
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to the other brother.

This would be so good on a couple of podcasts that I can think of (Heavyweight would be great for the confession episode). Or Normal Gossip.

Shit I could figure out how to get a Peabody from this.


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51. "Hadn’t really thought about it, but my wife is a light version"
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of this, and likely something pretty common in the past . Her first name given at birth was stereotypically Black. When graduating business school over 20 years ago she wasn’t getting callbacks for interviews. After several months she changed her name on her resume to her middle name and got an interview and hired within a week. She still works for the same company, 20+ years later. She also legally changed her name to her middle name along the way, and goes by that name for everyone in her life except her immediate family.

I say it’s a lightweight version of this because at the time she got that callback it was like “damn, are they setting up the interview and then being surprised that I’m Black?” And in the early years she definitely had some code switch moments where college friends would call her by her government within earshot of coworkers…

  

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58. "Man my homey from college was name Shawneeqwa"
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Can't front we had light weight jokes about her when we got her name before we met her as a pre-frosh.

Of course it wasn't fair, but now days she professionally goes by Shani.


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59. "This is an I Think You Should Leave sketch. "
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Thank you for sharing it.

11/13: Hot Frosty (on Netflix)
11/23: Three Wiser Men & A Boy (on Hallmark)
11/27: Christmas Under the Lights (on Hallmark Mysteries)
12/14: The Santa Class (on Hallmark)

  

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60. "Write my script please, Longo....starring Tracy Morgan as me"
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61. "Tracy Morgan doing a fake UK accent for a job is GOLD."
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And maintaining it for two plus years??? This is a film that's gotta get made. I'm already thinking about the casting of the rest of your family...plus the code switching scenes? GOLD.

  

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62. "See reply #24."
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73. "Where is IkeMoses?.."
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..someone get him on the line lol.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

  

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64. "Yet folks get on here and argue about ADOS needing reparations"
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>Truthfully, it was all humorous but it also made me mad, it
>was like wearing a whiteman mask and then hearing everyone
>talking about "those niggers" over there.


^^^^If this sentence don't say it all. ADOS are "those niggers" but folks wanna pretend when we make this point in the context of reparations and the disadvantages we experience because of our lineage.

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65. "Yeah, it’s definitely a thing"
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I’m not sure that the white community openly talks about it or even acknowledges the bias, but I’ve had it confirmed too many times, even to the point of being told “you’re one of the good ones” which is one of the most fucked up backhanded, well, I can’t even call it a compliment…..the fact that someone would even feel comfortable saying that blows my mind. There’s all sort of implications in there….Jesus, I really DO need to write this script/book

  

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69. "Bro when you quit. Holla at me!!"
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66. "you got to be about it or be without it (c) E40"
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Good Job

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68. "Not even mad at you"
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Gotta do what you gotta do.

What's the closest you came to being found out? Ever have to talk to someone from the UK while using the accent? Any terms you cringe at while saying more so than others?

  

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71. "One of my coworkers is British"
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A young white woman that grew up not far from where I was born.
She’s new to the states though, while I’ve been here for 30 years so my accent doesn’t match hers but 30 years of American influence will do that, so it’s not an issue.

I feel cringey talking to American Black folks at work cuz I know I’m using the cheat code but I’m not trying to cheat THEM.

Never been caught though, at least not to the point of being called out so I don’t know

  

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72. "this would be a great TV pilot"
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74. "Yep"
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