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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-2•8 months ago“African American Vernacular English” sounds like an awfully racist term for it.
minus-square@lady_marialinkEnglish7•8 months ago…why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.
minus-square@gmtomlink2•8 months 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.