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@lil30spanm She was already talking to Kai atp sooo ofc she knew him, she never said she didn’t

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@67409_so Mirror - Justin Timberlake. It’s like 8 minutes

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@mabichebb @bbeeeeeeeeeenn @noriakcookierun Black Americans do know where they are from.

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@LumineTravelerV I mean, if someone asks, I’d say I have an older sister. I wouldn’t constantly call her my big/older sister all day. If I’m talking to her, I’d just call her by her name or nickname. I guess it just depends on the context and how you’re used to referring to your siblings.

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@GramsciGordon I didn’t grow up in a prejudiced household, and I never heard my family put down other races or sexualities. I didn’t hear slurs until middle school. Y’all need to stop acting like being bigoted as a teenager is normal because it isn’t.

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@JJJHeimerShmidt @ari_stealurmanz @jjs_0727 That was never said in this tweet though.

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@MutsuAnjin @raywrites_books @blueisIand @mazzypopstar Yes. But why is the focus on giving racists grace instead of the Black children who suffered because of their racism? Wanting racism to end doesn’t mean I owe racists forgiveness. Their potential to change will never outweigh the harm they’ve already caused.

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@nervouswee @judejon_ @sukieshas That’s not how language works. Words can be borrowed and take on significance within other communities without completely changing definitions. Polari origins don’t automatically mean a term can’t also be part of AAVE.

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@nervouswee @judejon_ @sukieshas I never said Black Americans invented the word. I’m talking about how it’s used in Black American culture today. A word’s origin and how a community uses it today are two different conversations. One doesn’t negate the other.

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@MutsuAnjin @raywrites_books @blueisIand @mazzypopstar I will never feel obligated to give racist children the grace to change when so many Black children who experienced their racism never got the chance to grow up and become adults themselves.

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@nervouswee @judejon_ @sukieshas The way we use it in America is aave. When a black person uses trade we usually mean a man you wouldn’t know is gay by looking or talking to him.

For example someone would say, “Is he straight or a trade?”

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@MutsuAnjin @blueisIand @mazzypopstar Yall always wanna say something is normal but forget the black kids who experienced trauma because of white kids racist phase…

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@judejon_ @sukieshas They way we Americans yse it is definitely aave.

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@MarchDark37 @moaningroaner Also spoilers……………..

in the second act they swap roles and the white peoples become slaves and the black peoples become masters. And it kinda leans into stereotypes.

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@moaningroaner This is the plot of the play.

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@caliphorniaqing They probably told her it was for something else and changed it for the ad.

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@ZFitzgerald9 @exilehive I mean they did add a category in 2024 for best African Music Performance. Which include Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano and more.

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@OVOFATTZ I mean….. at 5 I was insecure about my hair sooo why is it not possible….

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@ziyanicolee2 @BoofNewz They still together this is fake

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@vin_jay_ @vernqwq Could be but either way she still wouldn’t be African American