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The debut of a blog about race, ethnicity and culture draws a little Texas-born star power from the singer, who cut her teeth in Houston. Embedded are two very different "the real Beyonce" videos. And by the way, "Code Switch" refers to the different personas many of us snap into in different family, social and work situations.
So you're at work one day and you're talking to your colleagues in that professional, polite, kind of buttoned-up voice that people use when they're doing professional work stuff. Your mom or your friend or your partner calls on the phone and you answer.
