ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year ago"I wish you well in your future endeavors"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1901
arrow-up1901image"I wish you well in your future endeavors"lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38·1 year 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-up6·1 year ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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.