I really wish y’all would understand that AAVE is a legitimate form of English just like Gullah and Patois and isn’t just a bunch of random words thrown together like fuckboy and thot…
It’s really insulting actually that you guys think of it that way. Whenever y’all comprise lists of what AAVE is it’s literally just a bunch of slang that you hear on social media with no mention of how some of us say “yo” instead of “your” or “finna” instead of “about to” or “gone” instead of “going to” and those are the words that deem black people unintelligent most of the time because it’s not just a bunch of cool catchy sayings that young black people use. So when people think of AAVE they just think it’s something related to being a young black person because all that slang is only used by us.
My grandparents use AAVE, my mom uses it, it holds a lot more weight than just calling people fuckboys…
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Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows – a crash discourse on black culture.
Made by me and youre-a-virgin-who-cant-drive for our history class :+)
i love her and i want to be her best friend.
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Just a reminder: What the police said about Tamir Rice’s death before they realized there was video footage.
DO. NOT. FORGET.
Yoooo I’ve watched this man be politically correct and respectful on this issue for years he finally snapped and had his fuck this job moment ✊😄
Shiiiiiiit.
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here’s the whole thing
Damn I never thought about it like this this was well said
Black Americans have a problem.
No matter how hard they try, they can’t seem to avoid getting harassed, beaten or killed by the police. They’re constantly being told how to change this fact: respect the law, respect authority, respect themselves, respect each other. They’re being told, in so many words, that the problem is them.
But the truth is, black Americans have been trying to escape conflict for years. They’ve taken notes, worked hard and gained access to some of the best schools and jobs available. They’ve pulled up their pants and tied their ties, become students and professors and everything else America claimed would make them respectable men and women.
They’ve done it assuming it would shield them from harm. Yet every day, they face the reality that this doesn’t seem to be working.
When things happen to black people in the african diaspora and I’m unaware, make me aware.. ‘cause I care; if it happens to you, it happens to me. black lives matter globally, that’s a fact.
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Black Twitter Drags New Black Celebs
One of the first and most influential users of the tag, #BlackCelebsBeLike, was Zellie Imani, an activist and blogger behind the website black-culture. “The goal really was to challenge the pedestal we sometimes put celebrities on and not to allow media to use them as spokespersons for [all] black people,” he tells BBC Trending via email.
Imani mentioned the remarks by Common and Terrence Howard. “I was surprised that the hashtag took off so fast but i wasn’t surprised at how many people felt about the issue,” he says. “Celebrities experience racism and discrimination even when they are in denial of its existence. Denying racism doesn’t make it exist any less.”