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[-] LadyMeow 9 points 1 week ago

African American English, though usually there is a v in there, aave. Vernacular would be the v.

Lots and lots and lots of popular phrases have actually originated from black people online. I guess off the air isn’t a big fan of others using it

[-] industrialdeerfluff 4 points 1 week ago

The more I see people demanding people stop using AAE online under the presumption they're appropriating culture, assuming they "grew up in white culture" as offtheair said further down. The more I feel this is attempts at invalidating AAE as a language again.

It's the same mentality that originally gave that its somehow incorrect language, as in the "vernacular" distinction they also made further down.

The people saying its meme words are missing the point, but so is anyone whos under the assumption that cultures don't mix, that people dont pick up words, sayings, and ways of speaking from the people they spend time around.

I just see more and more people making assumptions online and demanding people "speak correctly for their race" which is a whole can of worms from the past being repackaged in new wrapping paper.

[-] oftheair 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

We literally have seen black people say don't take our words, and only black people can speak like this/say these words, are you saying they were wrong to want that?

Also, cultures mixing doesn't work like this, it isn't taken, but given freely.

Edit: As we said, it harkens back to a long history of colonialism and people taking things that aren't theirs.

Edit 2: Also, no, one culture only being allowed to use a langauge isn't the source of its invalidation it's 'official' forces like school, government etc not recognising it as a langauge, not people saying it shouldn't be appropriated, you're still welcome to learn and understand it, just don't use it. It really is that simple.

Edit 3: Also people online taking it and changing it to fit their own needs, using it to the point parody, not recognising that black people invented it, and saying it's a 'meme' also invalidates it as a language. It's literally a language they needed to create in order to survive, having it memeified is disgusting and misses its entire point.

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