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Amala Ekpunobi

Black People, You Don’t Own This!

Amala Ekpunobi

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

4.22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Join the Unapologetic Discord Server: https://discord.gg/unapologetic I keep seeing TikTokers calling white people out for using black slang, also known as AAVE (African American Vernacular English). Why do black people feel the need to gatekeep this language, and do they even understand that it actually originates from low class white people? Let’s get into it. Subscribe to Unapologetic: https://www.prageru.com/series/unapologetic Follow me on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamalaekpunobi TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@amalaekpunobi Twitter: https://twitter.com/amalaekpunobi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAmalaEkpunobi

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For centuries, black people have been oppressed and demeaned for using AVE.

0:05.0

And this influence is called AAVE.

0:09.0

Let's play a game called Should You Be Using AAB?

0:13.0

Why shouldn't white people use AAVE?

0:17.0

Let me clear the room.

0:19.0

All right, so what is AAVE and why are black people gatekeeping?

0:22.8

Let's break it down.

0:42.9

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0:46.0

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0:49.7

Also, I got the subject matter from this video by a commenter on Discord under the username Ham. So I am going on Discord looking for your topics and things that you want me to discuss and talk about. You can sign up for the Discord by going to the link in the description down below. All right, guys, so AAVE. I've been hearing about this on the internet all over the place, specifically with black leftists saying, we own AVE.

1:12.1

White people are not allowed to use it, and you should call them out when they do.

1:15.6

And I know what a lot of you are thinking, I don't even know what AV is.

1:18.4

How am I supposed to know if I'm using it?

1:20.1

Well, the acronym stands for African American vernacular English.

1:24.4

And when we break this down and tried to define it, basically people are saying that black

1:28.3

people evolved a certain set of words, phrases, and basically a language and is specific to

1:36.6

black people, specifically black people who grew up in slavery, and it is evolved and changed

1:42.5

over centuries. You'll hear black people say things like,

1:46.6

I ain't. I'm finna. We finna. There's just a million things. There's a whole glossary of AVE.

1:53.3

If you guys want to look it up, I'll link it in the description down below. Let me just read a bit

1:57.0

off of this glossary. If you say X instead of ask, like, I want to ask you something.

2:03.3

If you say ate and left no crumbs, that's A-A-A-A-V-E. If you say back on my BS or Bay, which was super

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