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minus-squarePorkRolllinkfedilink29•3 months 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-square@quindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilink-2•3 months ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-square@lady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•3 months ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
minus-square@gmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•3 months 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.