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minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down8·2 years ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 years ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·2 years agoBecause most people that use it aren’t African and many aren’t American.
“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.