AAVE: STOP APPROPRIATING IT

What you as a non-black person shouldn’t be saying (this includes non-black poc):

• killin it
• -game too strong (i.e. eyebrow game too strong, etc.)
• -ass (i.e. That’s some ignorant-ass shit.)
• hella
• turnt/turnt up/turn up/turn down for what
• shade/throwin’ shade
• ratchet (don’t be a smartass, the adjective not the object)
• werk
• yas
• habitual “be” (i.e. they be killin it, he be walkin, bitches be like, etc.)
• the thirst/thirsty
• anything being “real” (i.e. the struggle is real, the thirst is real, etc.)
• the struggle
• on point (i.e. outfit is on point)
• chill (as in got no chill)
• side-eye
• stank face
• cray cray
• -had me like
• trippin’
• boo/bae
• imma be
• do/dough/dat
• gurl/boi
• basic (as in basic bitch)
• holla
• finna (i.e. I’m finna do xyz)
• tho/doe
• reading/read
• school/schooling
• dope
• fo sho/fo real
• y’all
• 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)
• swag
• goin’ through it

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.

If you’re non-Black, you should reblog this.

And if you’re non-Black and this bothers you? Unfollow me right now.

man…lets talk abt this shit rq

using AAVE is not the problem. I’m not bout to get mad at some hispanic kid from nyc for sayin deadass. I’m not gonna get mad at some white girl for using ‘bae.’

The problem isn’t people using AAVE full stop, its people using it incorrectly, getting clout for using AAVE, and/or turning around and saying black folks who use AAVE sound uneducated. THATS the problem. The problem isn’t that Bethany is saying ‘finna.’ (tho that do be sounding wack asl coming outta yalls mouths so maybe Stop w dat one)

Black people have shaped modern culture, and will continue to. Modern culture influences many, many things, including language. If you’re educated on why the double standards are a problem, understand that as a white person or a non-black POC you’re not gonna get as much shit for using AAVE, and aren’t just fucking ur posts up with bastardized AAVE, there’s no damn problem with using ‘on point’, or ‘hella’ (yall mfs deadass abt this one?). Not a damn thing.

This doesn’t extend to blaccents and digital blackface, ofc, but I’d hope yall have some sort of grasp on nuance to know that’s not what I’m talking abt. gn

If you started reading this post and assumed I was reblogging to tell non-black people to stop using AAVE and didn’t finish reading the post, please go and read the last part. Thank you.

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please take care of yourselves and your friends tonight everyone

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And he’d been fighting it for 4 years. I mean. Captain America Civil War. Black Panther. Infinity War. Endgame. Da 5 Bloods and so many more. I can’t imagine how physically taxing these intense movies must’ve been on his body while he was also going through chemotherapy.

Chadwick had such incredible strength. Rest In Peace, King 💔