ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years ago"I wish you well in your future endeavors"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIt’s African American Vernacular English. Calling it “uneducated and improper” can and will be perceived as racist as it’s a legitimate dialect of the English language.
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoBecause most people that use it aren’t African and many aren’t American.
It’s African American Vernacular English. Calling it “uneducated and improper” can and will be perceived as racist as it’s a legitimate dialect of the English language.
“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
Because most people that use it aren’t African and many aren’t American.