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As a white woman with a southern accent voice training is very scary knowing every other person I know with a southern accent is not white and there is a very real chance I accidentally pick up something very not acceptable for white people
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Anonymous 6w

i fear i'm lost. can you explain?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

op’s afraid of developing a blaccent and having people make fun of her like they do ariana grande when she tries to act black

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

I ain’t even afraid of being made fun of I just don’t wanna offend no one 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6w

wtf is a blaccent

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

When a non black person tries to “speak like a black person” Usually racist 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

in my experience as a life-long resident of rural northeast texas, there's not much difference between how white n black ppl talk, just whether the air passes more through your nostrils or your throat, and even that isn't consistent. you should be fine, you're probably overthinking it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

i mean, gay men picked up AAVE and everyone says it's fine, so

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

I mean am I over thinking it: almost definitely But also like I’m in the north and I already had to jump through hoops to fix my language when I accidentally picked up “finna”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

WHAT??? finna is used by EVERYONE where i'm from. that's crazy!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

i'd probably get in trouble then cuz i say "dawg" and "bro" 24/7

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Dawg and bro I’ve heard nothing of But I live in rich white people land back home so spending time in the inner city lead to a very different voice for a bit

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

ohhhh okok

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

i js know that skater/stoner culture got a lot from BlPOC culture so i worry lol

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