" His voice has the texture of an old blues singer. His accent peppered with the quintiscential New Orleans lilt. The way the vowels and words, like 'point' and 'joint' evaporate off the tongue. Replaced by a soft r that turns its language into jazz. The way words like 'corner' walk around the edges of the mouth before slipping off into the wind. "

― Clint Smith , How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America