Random Thought #596: Why is it not an abnormality for black men to shift their voice one or two octaves higher in a corporate environment so as to not be threatening? Noticed I'm one of the many who do this in the day to day small talk that I so abhor. Cats with high status and older dudes tend to do this less, but that "professional voice" we put on is always a higher voice. This wasn't taught to me overtly, so where the hell did I pick that shit up?! Got to get on some entreprenurial type shit to break out of that, man, for real.