AAVE: STOP APPROPRIATING IT
What you as a non-black person shouldn’t be saying (this includes non-black poc):
-game too strong (i.e. eyebrow game too strong, etc.)
-ass (i.e. That’s some ignorant-ass shit.)
turnt/turnt up/turn up/turn down for what
ratchet (don’t be a smartass, the adjective not the object)
habitual “be” (i.e. they be killin it, he be walkin, bitches be like, etc.)
anything being “real” (i.e. the struggle is real, the thirst is real, etc.)
on point (i.e. outfit is on point)
chill (as in got no chill)
basic (as in basic bitch)
finna (i.e. I’m finna do xyz)
dig/dig it/ya dig/you dig
respect (i.e. respect man)
about that/here for that (i.e. I’m not about that life, I’m here for this)
tight (i.e. this shit got me tight)
giving life (i.e. Beyonce gives me life, black tumblr giving me life)
Things to avoid in general because they are offensive and/or mock black culture:
Sassy (NO YOU DO NOT HAVE A SASSY BLACK WOMAN LIVING INSIDE OF YOU. STOP. LOOKIN AT YOU WHITE GAY COMMUNITY).
Do not call black hair kinky or nappy. (Don’t touch it either).
Do not call things ghetto. Just don’t.
Don’t use the word thug in relation to black men.
Do not assume black people are ignorant just because they don’t speak the same dialect of English as you do.
Don’t make fun of black names.
If you use the n-word, I have no sympathy for you. Good fucking luck.