Who all gon' be there?

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What if we told you there's an entire book dedicated to the things Black folk say? Historically Black Phrases by jarett hill and Tre'vell Anderson introduces and explains sayings like "I AIN'T ONE OF YOUR LIL' FRIENDS" to "WHO ALL GON' BE THERE?". The book is a blend of the many things you grew up hearing and their definitions and usage all in one place. We sit down with the authors to talk about what makes a phrase "Black" and ask, 'are some phrases reserved for only some Black people?'Join us!

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0:00.0	Hey, hang on.
0:04.7	Hey Lila.
0:05.7	So there are so many things that black people say that are undeniably black.
0:12.3	And today we're going to explore some of these black phrases.
0:16.0	Don't get smart.
0:17.4	Lila, I love this. So we're going to sit down with the authors of one of the most fun and culturally important books that we've had
0:26.1	our hands on. Historically black phrases and we'll get into what makes a phrase black.
0:33.0	Don't get cute.
0:35.0	And the definition of it?
0:36.0	Pronunciation, phonetic.
0:38.0	Translation.
0:39.0	Be careful what you say.
0:40.0	And how we use it.
0:42.0	A warning for someone not to step out of line or say anything they might regret.
0:46.4	But we're also going to talk about the times when we've wondered,
0:50.4	are some of these phrases only for some black people?
0:54.6	Oh, you know we've got to stoop.
1:03.0	The stoop.
1:05.0	The stoop.
1:07.0	stories from across the black diaspora.
1:10.0	My cousins were water and Greece girls,
1:12.0	and I couldn't be a Water and
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