• Lime Buzz (fae/she)@beehaw.org
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    11 hours ago

    Why?

    I’m not in the habit of being mean to people that don’t deserve it. If it was you and other non-native speakers I would take my time to explain.

    dansup isn’t that he has a lot of power and actual black people who created the language asked him to stop. So it’s not at all a similar situation.

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      58 minutes ago

      What phrase or word did he say that offended them and provoked then to tell him to stop?

      I’m an old white dude that cares about my African American friends, and tries to use my Caucasian skin powers for good. However some words work their way into general American culture from its subgroups. I think if people use lingo respectfully then there’s little harm. However there are some taboo words and pejoratives that should not be used.

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        48 minutes ago

        Ok, they asked him to stop saying “we be” and “imma”.

        I thought these phrases were ingrained in Internet culture and were no longer just a “black” culture thing.

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          44 minutes ago

          I found it. Thanks.

          There’s a lot of links and anger over “imma” and “we be”!

          I think everyone might need to “chill” but that would have similar problems.