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Free Him! (lemmy.zip)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Out of pure ignorance: what is racist about that comment? I don't understand, could you possibly explain it to me so I know better?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

What the other guy said. This is definitely a common phrase with AAVE, thus, asking the question, "do people really talk like this", would imply that the asker is considering the poster to be inferior in some way. The racist piece being that it's pinpointing a dialect spoken, typically, by a specific race and calling it dumb.

I was sort of being sarcastic but lemmy users are a special sort and definitely can't read that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I read it more as ignorant and rude than racist. Like, if I said "all y'all ought to do blah" and was questioned on it, I'd assume the questioner just hadn't been exposed to folks with that dialect.

Or like how my brother would make fun of people with a Boston accent while he was a tourist in Boston, getting directions from someone with a Boston accent. Ignorant and rude.

Of course, I'm white AF and my primary exposure to AAVE is online, so I might be totally missing subtext/context/supertext. Also my brother is an asshole.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

As best as I can tell, and it’s a bit of a stretch, the implication may be at “my mans” stems from AVE, and therefore asking if people talk like that translates to being racist.

I don’t agree with the thought process or conclusion, but that’s the best I got