SNL skit deeply offensive to the black community
These terms are part of the AAVE vernacular. (It's actually a symbol for a crypto coin)
AAVE — a vernacular rooted in African and Caribbean Creole English dialects — was created in Black communities that were enslaved generations ago as a means to communicate with one another. Some words, like "lit," "bae," and "slay," have managed to enter the mainstream, often because they are popularized by Black musicians. And while appropriation of these terms has become so widespread, it's entirely different when a for-profit platform that reaches millions of people across generations uses an entire language for comedy.
This has created a firestorm of controversy with the fact SNL highlighted a vaccine conspiracy theorist Elon Musk.
read: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10465889/snl-gen-z-elon-musk-aave-controversy
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I just glad to know I’ll never ever meet anyone surrounding this controversy
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Sounds grim though
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God help us. Our country is incapable of focusing on things that actually matter. We’re creating problems out of thin air.
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Any time, effort or resources not being utilized right now to defend and strengthen ourselves for the coming conflict with China is a dangerous deflection. When China attacks us, and they will all of this energy on pronouns and CRT will be seen for the absolute bullshit it really is.EsophagealFeces said:God help us. Our country is incapable of focusing on things that actually matter. We’re creating problems out of thin air.
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jecornel said:
Elon did a skit as a doctor with the other actors portraying Millenials. The Millenials used terms such as "bestie" "bro," "bruh," "no cap," "stan," "go off, king," "sis," and "cuh".
These terms are part of the AAVE vernacular. (It's actually a symbol for a crypto coin)
AAVE — a vernacular rooted in African and Caribbean Creole English dialects — was created in Black communities that were enslaved generations ago as a means to communicate with one another. Some words, like "lit," "bae," and "slay," have managed to enter the mainstream, often because they are popularized by Black musicians. And while appropriation of these terms has become so widespread, it's entirely different when a for-profit platform that reaches millions of people across generations uses an entire language for comedy.
This has created afirestormant hill of controversy with the fact SNL highlighted a vaccine conspiracy theorist Elon Musk.
read: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/05/10465889/snl-gen-z-elon-musk-aave-controversy -
Woke mob putting in work (on Twatter only not in real life of course that's what Covid benefits are for).EsophagealFeces said:God help us. Our country is incapable of focusing on things that actually matter. We’re creating problems out of thin air.
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I hope Elon has laser beams that can eliminate all these whiny fucks once he gets all the Starlink satellites up there.
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It’s click bait bullshit. Nobody actually cares. Weird, trolls that do this shit will always exist.EsophagealFeces said:God help us. Our country is incapable of focusing on things that actually matter. We’re creating problems out of thin air.
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Put this in the “we have run out of real problems” file
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I'm sure six people are outraged
