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[–] Lemmchen@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

However, she also said that comparing AAVE to Yiddish is absurd because of how different the circumstances are in that people aren't actively taking Yiddish phrases as their own without caring about the culture they come from.

Well, we use quite a lot of Jiddisch words here in Germany, but I can guarantee you almost nobody even knows those are Jiddisch words, despite what their ancestors have done to the Jews.

because that language and culture isn't mine nor theirs to use, take etc.

Okay, to me that just sounds like bullshit. You can't dictate how other people are allowed to behave. You also can't avoid it. If people are positively impressed by words or actions, they'll copy them, no matter whether you allowed them to or not. There's no copyright for culture (thank goodness).

Maybe I'm just entirely insensitive to the topic and making an ass out of myself, but to me (an ignorant) this seems like totally made up nonsense.

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

Well, you said it and I'm tired of explaining what actual black people who we both should be listening to have said, what they've been through etc.

I'm tired of running around doing all this work asking people, paying attention whilst you and people like you just pontificate in the comments and possibly continue taking things whilst people suffer.

So I'm done with this conversation.

Hope you come around eventually, but I'm not holding my breath.