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BrainBurner · 2844 days ago · link · · parent · post: From the vault: African American Vernacular English is not Standard English with mistakes
Fascinating, thank you for posting this. I'm ashamed to admit I assumed AAVE was just a sloppy version of American English. While I take responsibility for not educating myself earlier, my very white, conservative, and affluent background did not help matters. To illustrate my point: when I was in middle school, one of the boys in my grade wore a hand made shirt to gym class with the phrase "Hooked on Ebonics" on the front. We all had a good laugh, including the teacher! I look back on this now and cringe. When I have kids of my own I hope to teach them the value of critical thinking and the dangers of blindly assuming.