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SpaceGRe

Why do I immediately know the narrator is African-America?

I was watching this video and knew immediately the narrator is African-American. The narrator is reading off a script, so she's not speaking AAVE either. Yet, I still knew she was African-American. I don't know enough about linguistics to know how I know this. Can somebody explain?

Posted May 29, 2016, 9:00 PM UTC

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