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She tells her it's no good those crackers will die and so will you

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Calpurnia explains that she talks differently at work because she needs to communicate clearly and effectively with the white community in their language in order to keep her job. She code-switches to adapt to the expectations of those around her while maintaining her own identity.

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Calpurnia was a black cook/housekeeper Atticus employed. She, of all people, would know how hurtful and wrong that kind of talk can/could be! She was just brave enough to say it.

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