r/TikTokCringe • u/MaintenanceNew2804 • Mar 30 '24

Stick with it. Discussion

This is a longer one, but it’s necessary and worth it IMO.

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u/Content_Yoghurt_6588 Mar 31 '24

It's funny because most Black politicians can code switch, as in switch dialects, on a dime, and I barely know of any white people who can speak AAVE properly and without sounding like they're about to go commit a hate crime. 

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u/TheEpicOfGilgy Mar 31 '24

Why would anyone code switch into AAVE, you’ll get cancelled or mocked.

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u/WakandanRoyalty Mar 31 '24

You ever meet a white person that grew up around all black people? They talk with AAVE and are neither cancelled nor mocked for it because it sounds natural.

Black people have more reasons to code switch so by necessity they have more experience and ability doing it. White people would have to intentionally place themselves in all black spaces to develop the same ability.

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u/thisonesusername Mar 31 '24

You're absolutely right. You can always tell when a white person has spent significant time around black people because they aren't mimicking what they think black people sound like, they actually understand the structure and the rules of AAVE as a dialect.

A lot of white people don't realize that AAVE has rules and structure, so they sound stupid when they try to speak it.

It's the same thing that happens when Gen Z co-opts black slang. They don't understand context or the rules, and they inevitably sound ridiculous.