can you elaborate on people “slipping” into aave?

yellowxperil:

i describe it as “slipping into” bc people put on the dialect at very specific times for very specific reasons. train yourself to see it. look at these viral posts and think about

  1. what these people or characters are trying to portray and
  2. how the intended characteristics correlate to identifiable antiblack stereotypes (the answers are at the bottom)

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c.image

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d.image

a) sassy, loud, hysterical, confrontational; b) vocally lascivious; c) animalistic, dirty, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, unsophisticated, unhygienic, rude; d) sexually predatory

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