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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
$50 says she would condescend to Black people speaking AAVE.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
In high school, we read Mark Twain and were taught about how genius his use of the vernacular was.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
In the same class, we were also taught not to speak "improper English" like "people from the inner city."
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
It took me over a decade to figure out that those things don't reconcile well.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
Imagine how different the world would be if picking up on this kind of coded language were taught in elementary school.
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