whose usages all of us - help me to understand the meaning
What does the phrase "whose usages all of us" mean? This is the whole sentence. The meaning of the sentence is clear except gor this phrase. "In the Southwest, a place whose usages all of us are apparently expected to embrace in order to avoid “elitism,” a popular high-prole family entertainment in the evening is going out to the car wash, with a stop-in at the local franchised food establishment on the way home."

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That is a very awkward phrase in my opinion.  I think usages means customs in this context?  Does that make sense to you?

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I suspect it means the language usages of the Southwest. Their way of speaking or dialect is seen as lower-class, but we are expected to embrace and accept that way of speaking because otherwise we would be considered elitist or snobbish.

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