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AAVE !
what is aave?
aave stands for african american vernacular english.
it is commonly referred to as "stan twitter lingo" or "gen z slang" -- it is not! aave has ties all the way back to slavery and beyond. it is deeply rooted into black culture, even though many people associate some aave terms as "new, gen z terms"
important terms
blaccent: a manner of speaking based off of stereotypes of the way black people speak. a mixture of the words themselves and the way they are pronounced.
code-switching: the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation. in relation to aave black people often feel the need to code switch between aave and standard english based on their environment.
microaggression: a statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority.
are you white or non black poc?
then no, you should not use aave.
why not?
black people are constantly being ridiculed for their use of aave. they get called ghetto or uneducated for using a part of our their culture (an example of a microaggression) . black people often feel as if or are told they can't use aave in certain settings to avoid being ridiculed (code-switching). however, when non black (especially white) people use aave terms they are seen as trendy and funny.
most of the time when nonblack people use aave they do so for comedic effect, and also incorrectly. speaking with a blaccent and aave should not be the punchline of your joke. mocking aave and a blaccent is not funny. nonblack people often take from black culture to seem trendy or funny and profit off of it but don't actually deal with the struggles that come with being black and black culture.
referring to aave as stan language, gay/lgbt slang or gen-z slang is also erasing the entire history of the dialect. a lot of these words are not new, you are just now discovering them.
aave terms
•asf
•bae
•boo
•sus
•purr
•simp
•chile
•hella
•period
•shook
•tho/doe
•deadass
•headass
•cap/no cap
•read (someone)
•wbk (we been knew)
•tea (as in spill the tea)
•been (as in i been knew)
•habitual be (as in they be like)
•extra (depends on the context)