Posted on 04/17/2021 10:01:08 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
A popular comedian who got her start on YouTube apologized after being accused of mocking "African American Vernacular English" in a tweet intended to poke fun at TikTok moms.
Colleen Ballinger produces comedic videos under the persona "Miranda Sings," but she was forced to sing an apologetic tune after trying to make an innocuous joke.
"Yo BRUH tiktok so lit no cap i'm gonna yeet over there so fast low key. if i don't get on fyp i'll be big mad and big yikes like that's high key not straight fire and so sus. bet. but low key fr tiktok is so lit and GOAT," she tweeted from her Miranda Sings account.
What might read as a bizarre string of nonsensical words and phrases to many was excoriated on social media as racially insensitive.
"I know you thought you were just mocking tiktok kids, but you're actually mocking AAVE. Please delete this," responded one offended critic.
Ballinger deleted the tweet and responded to the criticism.
"I feel so stupid. I was trying to sound like an awkward mom who uses gen z slang so I googled 'gen z slang' & used all the words that popped up," Ballinger tweeted to the critic.
I should have done more research & realized that the words I used were actually AAVE. I deleted it & I am so sorry," she added. Another critic offered a lengthy explanation of what AAVE is and why non-black people should not use it on social media or anywhere else.
"African American Vernacular English is a linguistic code, an important aspect of Black culture, and a way of speaking that has its own grammatical structure, rules, and words. When non-Black people use AAVE, it is (more than often) invasive, disrespectful, inappropriate, and uncomfortable," the lengthy polemic read in part.
"Ultimately, the way Black people speak is not a punchline. It is not a meme. It is not a way to appear cooler. It is not a way to be more aggressive. African American Vernacular English has cultural significance to the Black community, and it should be respected," the post continued. "Until the system that exploits Black culture is dismantled, Black people reserve every right to be upset about the blatant disrespect, misuse, and abuse of AAVE."
Ballinger responded, "thank you for this."
This is not the first time Ballinger apologized to critics who called her racially insensitive. In a previous incident she apologized for a video that made fun of Hispanics by employing racial stereotypes.
Another person ruining themselves on evil twitter. Look, it doesn’t matter what you say, someone’s gonna try to cancel you.
vernacular?
20 years again they called it a dialect and Bill Clinton tried to officially recognize Ebonics and forever hamstring the black community.
AAVE
Using language is racist PING
“African American Vernacular English is a linguistic code, an important aspect of Black culture, and a way of speaking that has its own grammatical structure, rules, and words. When non-Black people use AAVE, it is (more than often) invasive, disrespectful, inappropriate, and uncomfortable,” the lengthy polemic read in part.
Ebonics is now vernacular English?
Soon it’ll be a required course to graduate from high school
I not sure who the bigger morons are in this case, the comedian who was blasted for using these nonsense words in the first place thinking them funny, or the folks who were offended for actually claiming these nonsense words as “theirs”?
Never. Apologize.
It is called “jive”.
“YouTube star accused of mocking ‘African American Vernacular English’ ...”
So what?
Total collective insanity is sweeping the nation. The left wants it this way, so we don’t squawk when they force REPARATIONS on us this fall.
“YouTube star accused of mocking ‘African American Vernacular English’ ...” So what?
Illiteracy must now be celebrated if it’s AA illiteracy.
Anyone send him a response, “U B trippin.”?
Let’s see, it’s mocking to try to speak Bro, but it’s racist to expect blacks to speak proper English. Sigh.
And it’s racist to expect blacks to know that 2+2=4.
So she's gonna be executed on You Tube!
Who says "you can't make this @hit up"?
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