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Making the rounds could mean endorsing it or ridiculing it. Or anything in between. Why does this document even matter?
by pseudalopex 6y ago
Making the rounds could mean endorsing it or ridiculing it. Or anything in between. Why does this document even matter?
- defen 6y agoThe people who I saw sharing it were definitely serious about it and not ridiculing it. > Why does this document even matter? There is a massive discussion thread here, with multiple people saying "No one believes <unreasonable thing X>; it's really about <reasonable thing Y>". As in, "no one believes using a 100 emoji is cultural appropriation; people are just saying don't wear blackface". But every single bit of evidence (which includes things like best-selling books, essays in the prestige press, statements by government officials, etc) is dismissed as not real evidence that a substantial number of people believe something. I suppose it's not something that can be resolved by Internet argumentation, only time. In a couple years we'll know whether this document is indeed ridiculous, or whether it's obvious that non-Black people should not use AAVE slang online.