Are you actively or passively negatively portraying the language? Are you flippantly or disrespectfully appropriating the language from the native speakers? Are you using the language, knowingly or unknowingly, in a mocking manner?
Often the answers to these questions are yes. In the posted meme, I'd say that the language change is being used to mock its speakers, therefore I think it is racist, or at least wrong in some manner.
Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I do not mean to portray 'flippantly' and 'disrespectfully' appropriating as opposites.
There's a difference between learning a language and flippantly using it. Example, a non-Spanish speaker calling a Spanish-speaker 'ese', even if they do not intend to offend, is probably not cultural appreciation.
Idk man the people mocking the language are usually the people who are very apparently racist. lots of millennials and zoomers use ebonics in every day conversation because that's just how they grew up, no malice meant.
Yep. I don't think the average white liberal is being racist when using ebonics tho. Some of them? For sure. Most? Nope. They have plenty of other racist beliefs that we can make fun of imo.
It is politically charged, and often used in a denigrating manner. (Not proper English, stupid, improper, etc)
At least it was back in the day. I don’t think many people use the term currently. Most linguists and black people would use AAVE instead. Ebonics is actually short for “Ebony phonetics” which is gross
it’s not actually racist to write that way, it’s just changing language
(not that neolibs aren’t bad and violently racist for other reasons)
is it racist if im whiter than sour cream tho
Are you actively or passively negatively portraying the language? Are you flippantly or disrespectfully appropriating the language from the native speakers? Are you using the language, knowingly or unknowingly, in a mocking manner?
Often the answers to these questions are yes. In the posted meme, I'd say that the language change is being used to mock its speakers, therefore I think it is racist, or at least wrong in some manner.
i sometimes use the habitual be
flippantly appropriating language from native speakers is normal and fine lmbo
imagine “flippantly appropriating spanish”
aka learning spanish like a normal human being
Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I do not mean to portray 'flippantly' and 'disrespectfully' appropriating as opposites.
There's a difference between learning a language and flippantly using it. Example, a non-Spanish speaker calling a Spanish-speaker 'ese', even if they do not intend to offend, is probably not cultural appreciation.
Idk man the people mocking the language are usually the people who are very apparently racist. lots of millennials and zoomers use ebonics in every day conversation because that's just how they grew up, no malice meant.
If it's mocking it's usually very apparent.
Yes, I agree. Using a language, or dialect of a language, is not inherently racist. You have to examine the use and context of the situation.
Yep. I don't think the average white liberal is being racist when using ebonics tho. Some of them? For sure. Most? Nope. They have plenty of other racist beliefs that we can make fun of imo.
regardless of the context, I'll continue to flippantly appropriate Italian, ayyy madon
call it AAVE instead of ebonics
Is ebonics charged? Had no clue.
It is politically charged, and often used in a denigrating manner. (Not proper English, stupid, improper, etc)
At least it was back in the day. I don’t think many people use the term currently. Most linguists and black people would use AAVE instead. Ebonics is actually short for “Ebony phonetics” which is gross
For some history on how the term got so charged:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English_and_education#Oakland_Ebonics_resolution
lmbo it’s all in your head
Lots of things are.
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no why would it be
ummmm actually sweety your white racism is showing
when you talk about class it's actually racist
anyway back to my White Fragility brunch! 💅