The interview with Key and Peele, which I read on the plane, is about what you expect. Peele points out specfically that he got bullied because he was a black guy who sounded white. They say that a lot of their material and unique perspective on culture and class comes from being biracial, from identifying from across a wide band of the spectrum of race and culture in America.
As I was reading, a flight attendant pushed the drink cart down the aisle, pausing on each row with a saccharine "would you like anything to drink?" One guy behind me asked if she could help with the wifi. She turned and summoned over her fellow flight attendant, also black, and gave her a brusque "hey, go flip the wifi switch and, um, wait a minute before you check on it," completely changing her tone of voice.
It reminded me of this BlackPeopleTwitter meme:
To her credit, the drinks flight attendant proceeded to help the man in what I assume was her real voice, somewhere in between her work cant with her coworker and her fake service voice.
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