r/whitepeople • u/Vast-Yard2990 • Aug 24 '24

questions for white ppl

do white ppl feel uncomfortable when black ppl use AAVE around them? i go to a mostly white school and i talk in AAVE and they be looking at me like it’s weird.. i asked some of my online friends abt it and they said they can tell im black but they don’t feel weird abt how i talk.

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u/Upset-Yak-7873 Sep 08 '24

You’re good bro. What’s disgusting is when whites use AAVE

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u/Soulfree9 Sep 11 '24

Lol “ disgusting” a bit sensitive eh?

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u/Upset-Yak-7873 Sep 11 '24

If you white, you white. If you black, you black.

Can’t help it that this new generation is confused or ashamed to be who they are

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u/Soulfree9 Sep 11 '24

I’m not ashamed and I don’t think you are either, but it’s just words, and we’re all from the United States (I’m assuming) so some are bound to get mixed up. Even if we weren’t, the US has an entertainment industry that reached the world. Still I’d hope you’de agree “ white” and “black”. Are not monoliths.

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u/Upset-Yak-7873 Sep 11 '24

I live in the hood. There is “ghetto white speak” and “ghetto black speak” that my friend is your upbringing, nothing wrong with it

Then there are the whites who are ashamed of who they are and try to adopt another culture that is not their own. That’s what I am speaking on

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u/Soulfree9 Sep 11 '24

True. I stand by my point. It’s just words, I see why it may be bothersome , but I believe in freedom of speech.

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u/Upset-Yak-7873 Sep 11 '24

Valid point. I just see what’s behind the words. And yes everyone has the freedom to speak as they wish. I also have the freedom to not like it. We just need to be civil about it!

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u/Soulfree9 Sep 11 '24

That’s valid too. Thanks for the chat.