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  • Lizzo Calls Out White People For Using AAVE, Says “Bring Back Gatekeeping”

    03/26/2024 5:18:30 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 68 replies
    Vibe ^ | 03 08 2024 | Armond Sandler
    Black culture is ubiquitous, and it has caused other races to try and poach certain aspects of how they move. Lizzo recently called out white people for “talking like Black people.” The “About Damn Time” singer jumped on TikTok on Wednesday (March 6) to respond to a white woman speaking about her suitors using the phrase “type sh*t.” This prompted her to go into a full rant. “Why don’t we bring back gatekeeping?” she asked. “So that AAVE is reserved for the people who created it and grew up speaking it. So that all these people that are now talking...
  • YouTube star accused of mocking 'African American Vernacular English' in tweet aimed at TikTok moms

    04/17/2021 10:01:08 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 70 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 4/17/21 | Carlos Garcia
    A popular comedian who got her start on YouTube apologized after being accused of mocking "African American Vernacular English" in a tweet intended to poke fun at TikTok moms. Colleen Ballinger produces comedic videos under the persona "Miranda Sings," but she was forced to sing an apologetic tune after trying to make an innocuous joke. "Yo BRUH tiktok so lit no cap i'm gonna yeet over there so fast low key. if i don't get on fyp i'll be big mad and big yikes like that's high key not straight fire and so sus. bet. but low key fr tiktok...