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What is Blacktalk?
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE, /ˈɑːveɪ, æv/), also referred to as Black (Vernacular) English, Black English Vernacular, or occasionally Ebonics (a colloquial, controversial term), is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African …
What is Aave and why is it important?
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is systematic, rooted in history, and important as an identity marker and expressive resource for its speakers. In these respects, it resembles other vernacular or nonstandard varieties, like Cockney or Appalachian English.
What does Aave stand for?
African American Vernacular English
Today Ebonics is known as African American Vernacular English (AAVE). It is considered by academics to be a specific way of speaking within the larger categorization of African American English (AAE), or Black English.
Is “Ebonics” a bad word?
Now everybody says AAVE (African American Vernacular English) and Ebonics is almost a bad word. Black people don’t use it. Linguists don’t use it.
Why do we still cringe when we hear the term “Ebonics”?
Many of us still cringe when we hear the term “Ebonics” because white people pitched a fit in 1996 and we’re still dealing with it. So we say “AAVE” now. Loading… Ebonics is trending on Twitter right now and I stuck my head in real quick to see what the fuss was about.
What is Ebonics and why is it important?
Robert Williams, a Black psychologist, came up with the term “Ebonics” in 1973 as a combination of ebony and phonics to give a new name for the way many Black Americans speak. Before that, the most widely used term was “nonstandard Negro English” which sounds like Black people took English and messed it up.
What happened to Ebonics in Oakland?
Ebonics became a bad word, Oakland gave up on their very reasonable proposal, and no school district since has ever tried to implement recognition of Ebonics as a valid form of communication.