#aave appropriation

The word, when not used in its original verb form, is AAVE. Racist white people co-opted it to insult Black people, and 99% of the time when they say it they just mean Black. It isn't a synonym for leftist, it isn't a synonym for social justice minded.

When my fellow Jews are talking just like white supremacists, why on earth should I trust you? It's not as if the American Jewish community has not had major issues with anti-Blackness, going back longer than any of us have been alive.

Tricking who knows how many people because of the aesthetic of your account and you possibly using AAVE/Ebonics, especially at a time like now where everyone treats it as internet/gen-z/tiktok slang and not an actual language with history and black American culture behind it, is disgusting. It is offensive, what you are doing is distasteful, and what you have done is absolutely unacceptable.

I’m frustrated even more because I’ve dealt with something like this before. It’s frustrating as a black woman because you’re thinking you’re finding new people to build a community with, someone who has the same and similar experiences as you. Only for that to be a lie, there is no excuse for it. It’s a mockery towards black people, that’s exactly what it is, a mockery. Because if you really care about black people you would have never done that, never. These actions are a form of racism to some extent, there’s no way it isn’t, and someone might try to tell me no. But racism doesn’t always have to be someone blatantly using a slur to another person, racism is so broad and so embedded in society.

Racism towards black people is deeply embedded, so when people who pretend to be black on social media, it’s sometimes not taken seriously like it’s supposed to be by other communities outside of the black community.

sighs really fucking loud why is misusing aave SO god damn common even in the rqc ?? i thought we'd be better sbt this . i rlly rlly implore non Black rqs to reblog and share this . i encourage EVERYONE to share it. because this is an issue EVERYWHERE and i would expect it to be less so in the rqc. but apparently not !

youre not "woke" for being radqueer , youre just inclusive!! say that!!! that isnt what woke means!!! woke does not mean "liberal" or "radically accepting" or "inclusive"!!!! using "woke" like this quite literally makes u the OPPOSITE of woke.

youre not "unc" for being old . "unc" is not a term for old people who are out of touch and using it that way is SO insanely disrespectful to its ACTUAL meaning. it is a term of respect , not a joking insult . and NOT something you call yourself .

so many people abuse aave because its "funny". youre laughing at Black language is what youre doing. youre not making funny slang jokes , youre disrespecting a culture . and if you feel called out by this , GOOD. DO something about it then . we HAVE GOT to start calling shit like this out in the radq community because it is RAMPANT. and it plays into a much , MUCH bigger issue of antiblackness . ask yourself why you find aave to be more humorous than any other wording. ask yourself why you feel the need to use it .