> AAVE is how people of poorer means speak or with less education speak That doesn't make it not a language. What you're saying is that we should base categori

> AAVE is how people of poorer means speak or with less education speak That doesn't make it not a language. What you're saying is that we should base categorize forms of communication based on the social status of their speakers. I hope you can see why that might be problematic. > By your logic you might as well recognize English slang as an actual language. This doesn't make any sense. AAVE is not slang, which you'd know if you read the OP.