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The way young white people adapted black slang needs to be studied
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Anonymous 7w

it has been studied lol

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Anonymous 7w

as a linguistics major it’s natural and bound to happen

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Anonymous 7w

Colonizers must consume culture as well as material resources

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 7w

Womp womp read a fucking book I’m right

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 7w

please read a sociolinguistics paper

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Anonymous replying to -> magenta_lungs 7w

White ppl who use black slang never actually sound like black ppl in the states they’re from. They all sound like they’ve been around the same black ppl. And a lot of these ppl have never interacted with or have relationships with black ppl in the first place

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Anonymous replying to -> thereal._.ruckus 7w

ok yeah that’s a nice sentiment but it’s not gonna stop anything

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Anonymous replying to -> magenta_lungs 7w

The handwringing is crazy, read this paper but a sentiment won’t stop anything

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Anonymous replying to -> magenta_lungs 7w

Never said it was? Just saying when white ppl have a blackcent we know it’s not real lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> thereal._.ruckus 7w

i would say that there are instances where it blends pretty naturally. i live in southern va/northern nc line and everyone kinda just has the same accent regardless of race if they’ve lived here long enough lol. the rich suburban white kids you’re referencing though, yes, they all have a very online influenced accent, that’s the only way i can really put it lmao.

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