A poet has perfectly captured why culturally appropriating black slang is the worst. At the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, New York, poet Taylor Steele took on the controversial topic in a performance of her poem "AAVE" (which stands for "African-American Vernacular English"). Steele masterfully deconstructed the way slang words that were invented by black people have been coopted by white people -- at the expense of black people -- in the video above which was published b...
This Poet Perfectly Captures The Problem With Appropriating Black Slang
The Huffington Post - 4 Apr 2016 22:52
A poet has perfectly captured why culturally appropriating black slang is the worst. At the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam in Brooklyn, New York, poet Taylor Steele took on the controversial topic in a performance of her poem "AAVE" (which stands for "African-American Vernacular English"). Steele masterfully deconstructed the way slang words that were invented by black people have been coopted by white people -- at the expense of black people -- in the video above which was published b...
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