#aave appropriation

[cunning-linguistix]

Pro tip: when you see a brand new slang term, your first question should be how that term has been used in AAVE for the past 20-30 years.

[karabastard]

[amaditalks]

When you're talking about leftist antisemitism, I immediately distrust you when you start using the word "woke" as a pejorative the same way that white supremacists do.

The word, when not used in its original verb form, is AAVE. Racist white people co-opted it to insult Black people, and 99% of the time when they say it they just mean Black. It isn't a synonym for leftist, it isn't a synonym for social justice minded.

When my fellow Jews are talking just like white supremacists, why on earth should I trust you? It's not as if the American Jewish community has not had major issues with anti-Blackness, going back longer than any of us have been alive.

You're going to have to do better.

[lunes-interlude]

For BHM (and every other month out of the year) stop mocking AAVE. I need yall to do your proper research before you start using random slang / terms you see on the internet. I see it happen every year. New black term is brought to Tiktok / online spaces; term gets big and starts being used by nonblacks; term gets misused and ran into the ground, nonblack people then try and educate us on the etymology of the word act like they know more than us and that we're evil gatekeepers for wanting to protect our language/dialect ; term gets turned into an unfunny meme spread everywhere and everyone wants to act like they don't know where it originates from or acts like its not important. "Not that deep" as stupid folk would say and then finally you arrive at *insert AAVE term/slang here* is so 'annoying' or 'cringey' or 'a tiktok meme that's no longer trending anymore.' Don't even get me started when corporations latch onto it, just beating a dead horse. Even i have to hold my breath just now using certain terms because nonblack people have ruined it for me and other black people!

Like don't even get me started on the whole 'unc' stuff. I told my mom how people were calling nonblack / white men (especially) who are barely over the age of 35 'Unc'. She looked at me with that one 'IKYFL' ass stare that black people give when we hear or see some bullshit. That is a term of status reserved for older black gentlemen in the black community who younger kids, teens and young adults respect. Regardless if they are blood-related or not. It's not a joke and it's not meant for white people. And I am so sick of white fucks being like "Well uhm akschually op 🤓👆🏻 I am a white neurodiverent linguistics and I study language and dialects and I'm a polygot so I can't be racist!! And what you're saying is really wrong everyone is allowed to speak any language they want! Its wrong to gatekeep people and tell them what they can cannot say!" Im not exaggerating when I say I have seen / encountered those exact types of mfs. Literally seen a white bitch say that if we do not allow people to use AAVE it "die out due to gatekeep." Motherfuckers who can't accept the word 'No.' coming from a black person and thinks that they are ENTITLED to using AAVE. I think if you are not black and use AAVE you should be whip for it! Or at the very least mocked because why are you saying shit like "whew hunny chile, I'm finna gonna get me a slay!" Or some dumb shit like mixing stuff from the North like from Chicago with shit from the south like saying 'jit' when you know yo ass ain't a black man from Florida.

[yumenouchyuu]

sighs really fucking loud why is misusing aave SO god damn common even in the rqc ?? i thought we'd be better sbt this . i rlly rlly implore non Black rqs to reblog and share this . i encourage EVERYONE to share it. because this is an issue EVERYWHERE and i would expect it to be less so in the rqc. but apparently not !

youre not "woke" for being radqueer , youre just inclusive!! say that!!! that isnt what woke means!!! woke does not mean "liberal" or "radically accepting" or "inclusive"!!!! using "woke" like this quite literally makes u the OPPOSITE of woke.

youre not "unc" for being old . "unc" is not a term for old people who are out of touch and using it that way is SO insanely disrespectful to its ACTUAL meaning. it is a term of respect , not a joking insult . and NOT something you call yourself .

so many people abuse aave because its "funny". youre laughing at Black language is what youre doing. youre not making funny slang jokes , youre disrespecting a culture . and if you feel called out by this , GOOD. DO something about it then . we HAVE GOT to start calling shit like this out in the radq community because it is RAMPANT. and it plays into a much , MUCH bigger issue of antiblackness . ask yourself why you find aave to be more humorous than any other wording. ask yourself why you feel the need to use it .

[hearmeoutworthypoll]

They’re not that much older than you, white baby

[ivyvolturra-poetry]

it’s coachella season again, which means my culture is trending—just not from the people it belongs to which is just an annual reminder that if you rename something, triple the price, and put it on the right person, it magically becomes fashion.

they call it boho

every year at coachella

like it wasn’t already named

a bindi

now a “third eye accessory”

dupattas

rebranded as

“scandinavian scarves”

kolhapuris

but make it prada

jumkas

sorry—

ralph lauren earrings now

and suddenly

everything i grew up with

is trending

just not from us

you’ll pay triple

for the rebrand

the rename

the aesthetic

but not a rupee more

to the hands

that made it first

it happens every year

culture

but only when it’s

profitable

[sneegsnitties]

i refuse to use crash out, i refuse to participate in the appropriation of aave with it being called tiktok slang. losing my shit is right there. can we bring back im gonna lose my shit? im gonna lose my fucking mind? theres other words to use to describe this. theyre right there