• PorkRoll@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    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.

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      8 months ago

      “African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.

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        8 months ago

        …why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.