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just saw a tweet calling AAVE “gen z language” and idk who needs to hear this but in i know why the caged bird sings, published in 1969, maya angelou wrote “it‘s be like that sometimes” - you aren’t coming up with anything. you don’t own it. this language isnt yours
this tweet is directly aimed at my white followers who consistently use AAVE because of “stan / diy gen z twitter” and fails to understand the history behind the language. do better
be wary of what language you pick up online and why and where it’s really coming from. “twitter speak” doesn’t exist it’s just appropriation
here is a thread talking about AAVE by a Black person: https://twitter.com/bedtimelit/status/1288161430466736128?s=21 https://twitter.com/bedtimelit/status/1288161430466736128
https://twitter.com/shatired/status/1289315247610687489?s=21 https://twitter.com/shatired/status/1289315247610687489
im sorry if this tweet isn’t worded well! i wanted to give an example from a book that is well known to white people my age to show that there is a deep history to AAVE they are ignorant of. AAVE goes farther back than just this book, with a much deeper
history. i definitely didn’t expect this tweet to blow up and it was aimed solely for my white followers. i don’t want to speak over Black people who have been making similar (and more in-depth and better) arguments.
