aave is complex and whole
it has its own grammar, vocabulary, and even culture. to deny this is to deny real history and impact
it's not your "slang" to misuse, dismiss, and claim as your own. it's Black innovation, creativity, and longevity
As a Third World country, we can’t keep skipping industrialization and jumping straight into digitalization. We cannot be talking about owning our own AI when we don’t have the electricity day to day activities less to talk about a data center
“Is Tyla Black?”
“Chloe Bailey is too sexual”
“Ayra Starr is too African”
“Tems is cosplaying RNB”
“Olivia Dean makes H&M music”
“PinkPantheress stay whisperin”
“Tinashe still making music?”
“Fka twigs weird asf and too alt”
“Mariah The Scientist can’t sing”
We are ALL gonna have inconsistent politics. All of us. Either from simple ignorance or just the hypocrisy of being human. But you cannot be better than in seeking to become better. And that is where integrity lies. It’s fidelity to the journey of being better everyday.