Shit like this really does hurt and make Black comrades feel alienated. It’s pretty clear that he’s appropriating AAVE to be “ironic” because of course an educated rich white male wouldn’t normally talk so “funny.” Pisses me off that these are the people we’re supposed to see as leaders tbh.

  • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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    4 years ago

    I’m a mayo-american but it does really weird me out how often I’ll see white people I know irl adopt AAVE when texting or making posts on the internet

    Like, you don’t talk like that in real life, why type that way? I think it’s because a lot of white people view certain bits of AAVE as “fun internet slang” or something

    EDIT: Fuck it, even if OP is a troll, I still think it’s a point worth making

      • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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        4 years ago

        I generally think that’s alright then (though I’m really not someone whose opinion really matters on this). Like, I say y’all a lot irl because I’ve lived in the south my whole life, and I use it when typing too. But what I’m talking about is people saying words that would sound completely awkward coming out of their mouths irl, because I know them irl and I know they don’t talk like that

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        come to think of it, I am certain that I have heard Will use both "homies" and "prayers up" a few times on streams, the podcast, periscope, twitch. I'm not going to go through hundreds of hours to find timestamps, but it's not something he only does on twitter and I don't think he's being ironic or trying to derive humor from the contrast, he's just talking

        • PapaEmeritusIII [any]
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          4 years ago

          That’s cool then. I’ll take your word for it because I don’t watch the podcast or anything lmao