#blaccent

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[leewayward]

@zay_dupree on YouTube (zaydupree on TikTok and Instagram) on Blaccents appropriated by non-Black people: yes, it is that deep

“Not being able to see these parallels doesn’t mean that it’s not that deep when celebrities use Blaccents,

it just means that you’re susceptible to propaganda and don’t know it.”

The transcript under the cut is of Isaiah Dupree’s response to a comment saying, “Not chronically online enough to care,” in regard to his previous videos covering the sociolinguistics of Blaccents:

Just because you haven’t read a book since high school doesn’t mean that caring about white people using Blaccents to mimic Black people is chronically online, it just means you’re stupid and have the brain of a fish.

Let’s really think about this. Were minstrel shows that deep? Just like Blaccents, they were a means of mocking Black people or rather caricatures of Black people for non-Black people to laugh at. If you were alive in the 60’s, would you know that that’s wrong, or would you tell people that it’s not that deep and that it’s just make-up? Because let’s really get into this comparison.

The primary effect of minstrel shows were amplifying negative stereotypes about Black Americans while also creating new ones. The stereotype of Black people liking fried chicken, for example, was popularized by white actors in blackface in the Klan propaganda film “Birth of a Nation” and through restaurants like Coon-Chicken Inn that used this logo. And because this iconography was developed by racists, it created a negative connotation around Black people and fried chicken.

And people that use Blaccents to mimic Black American culture have the same effect on how our culture is perceived in the modern day.

Take Awkwafina, for example, who made her career off of rap songs that parodied hip hop culture. She played on stereotypes of rap music being too materialistic, too sexual, or too obsessed with substances, which in turn validated the concerns of racists who actually thought rap music was like that. What’s more is that, because Awkwafina positioned herself as an outsider to the culture she was making fun of, her music was seen as a potent, intelligent satire of Black American culture. But when Black rappers like Meg the Stallion rap about the same topics, it’s seen as evidence of the degredation of Black America.

Through this minstrelsy, the actual minstrel shows and the Blaccents, these negative stereotypes about Black American culture get generalized to the entire culture. It’s why Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, was suspended for having dreads in 2024. Or why the white man Michael Dunn shot and killed* Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old in Florida, for listening to his rap music too loud.

Not being able to see these parallels doesn’t mean that it’s not that deep when celebrities use Blaccents, it just means that you’re susceptible to propaganda and don’t know it.

*Edited to remove censorship

[notcruvusmemes]

Gen Z Has a Problem with Stealing Black Culture, But We Don’t Want to Admit It

Isaiah Dupree's viral accent investigations expose how an entire generation built their personalities on digital blackface—and why they're f

Great article by Kahlil Greene.

[fingergunweeb]

does anyone else get super annoyed at ppl saying others have "blaccents"? Im not black, but I AM hispanic and I mostly hear this directed towards other ppl of color. theres many reasons it bothers me. 1. I feel ppl will say this WHENEVER they hear someone that doesnt "sound white" and also uses any type of slang :( 2. I feel it also generalizes how black ppl talk, which is not ALWAYS the same :( 3. there is a difference in an accent and vocabulary :( 4. ppl just be saying it, like I dont know how to describe it anymore, its just wrong and stupid 😭 does anyone else notice this??

[droppingitlikeitswarm]

As a kiss of life stan in genuinely flabbergasted that they would have a live like that in 2025. Like julie has already had a n-word scandal literally only a year ago. They cosplayed as black people, braided their hair, wore random chains and big hoops, used a crazy ass blaccent and misused aae, ate soul food, and showed random ass pics of black men as their inspo. Two of their members are from the US, so they can't use the 'we're not educated' excuse. Belle is literally from seattle and called herself 'lil taco belle' and talked like some kind of minsteral portait of a black/latina woman. Like as much as I loved their music they obviously don't care about their black fans and so I'm gonna have to unstan.

[ishbdudi]

michiko and hatchin is amazing but it will ALWAYS rub me the wrong way with how the English dub just had white people putting on blaccents to voice these black/mixed characters

[restless-n-relentless]

This is just how I feel about people adopting a “Blaccent” like Aquafina.

[embodiedfutures]

I’ve talked about AAVE before and frankly, I will continue to do so. Using AAVE if you are a non-Black person, even if it’s unintentional, is cultural appropriation. Impact > Intent. AAVE is its own distinct dialect with grammatical structures, vocabulary, and accents. We, Black people, were forced to create our own language and way of life after being kidnapped and dragged here involuntarily upon slave ships, away from our homes and everything we once knew. We could only pick up bits and pieces of what those around us were saying, and this was the very start of AAVE. Now in current day, we are still ridiculed for the aftermath of these events, being called “ghetto” or “poor” or “illiterate” because we speak AAVE. And often times, we are forced to code switch, a term many BIPOC are familiar with. Code switching means changing from your normal, actual accent to a more acceptable, palatable accent to make it seem as if you have assimilated, especially since our own cultures are seen as as a threat. Using AAVE could be the line between getting a job or not, passing or failing in school.

You don’t get to pick and choose from our culture, cherry-picking the parts that you think are cool or “hood,” while we still have to face the backlash for it every single day.

Stay safe and educate! ✊🏽

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