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Show transcript3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".

the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Jive, ebonics, and other terms were used as slurs by racists in the same way they are using woke and DEI as slurs now. Jive was a specific subset, and I think AAVE is the new term for ebonics. The longer name and acronym are to make it clear what it is referring to.

Jive has probably been out of the spotlight long enough that the racists won't recognize it, but I wouldn't recommend using it unless you know what it is actually referring to.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it racist in the context of "i dont jive with that"? Never thought of the etynomics of the word

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think that or 'jive turkey' are likely to get any pushback like using it to describe black people talking would. Context matters.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Appreciate it. I have never heard of that word in any context other than what i mentioned, so it must not be oart of the local lexicon or it was before my time.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If this doesn't ring a bell, it might be before your time.

collapsed inline mediaimage from the movie airplane where an old whife lady offers to translate for teo blsck men by saying "I speak jive"

(The scene was making fun of racist stereotypes.)

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an amazing scene, specially when it's June Cleaver as the woman speaking jive.

[–] Chill_Dan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Legend is June Cleaver helped write the lines for the man to say and coached him on the pronunciation.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Jive is such a good sounding word though, this kinda sounds like white knighting similar to Latinx where no one from that group was asking for a new label lol.

Idk tho, cis white man, who am I to say

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This label isn't being imposed on anyone, it is just the term used in academia to describe a certain way of communicating.