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user-inactivated  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: One random tweet

Eh, it's a thing if you're a college/high school kid.

Thing about new slang is that it's just suburban White kids saying stuff that's been in Black culture for about 10 to 20 years now.





kleinbl00  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's pretty much been true since Jazz or before, though, hasn't it?

user-inactivated  ·  3610 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yuuuup. The word "appropriation" kinda has a "tumblr-stigma" attached to it and people will dismiss you for saying it, but it's not like the word got coined outta nowhere, haha.

beezneez  ·  3609 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"I'm cool" no longer just means in the face of oppression.