nevaehtyler:Poet Taylor Steele captures the problem with appropriating Black slang. In her poem “A
nevaehtyler: Poet Taylor Steele captures the problem with appropriating Black slang. In her poem “AAVE” (which stands for African-American Vernacular English) Taylor Steele explains why appropriation of Black slang is the worst. African-American culture is being popularized on a daily basis and while Black people are judged and mistreated for using something they came up with ages ago, White people come off as cool and original when they use it. Full video #BlackLivesMatter -- source link