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minus-squarePorkRoll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 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-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
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.