Awkwafina

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s a hypocrite. She uses AAVE and speaks in a “blaccent” but refuses to speak in an “Asian accent” because it mocks Asians but what does she think she’s doing to Black people? I’ve always thought she was cringe.

Asian American here.. I went to a predominantly black MS/HS out west. Yep, I spoke with a "blaccent" because that's what I was surrounded by.

Of course, as an adult, I don't speak that way now, but sometimes when I get together with my sister (who also spoke with a blaccent), we'll regress to that way of speaking just because that's how we used to communicate.

When we do this, my DH and kids think it's super weird and laugh because for them, it's just so unusual to see this kind of thing. But, where I grew up, it wasn't unusual to see non black people speak this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We should probably cancel Eminem now.

+1 exactly.

I suppose Clarence Thomas should be accused of cultural appropriation for speaking like an upper crust white person (not that I like CT, mind you).

[Anonymous]

My Asian children go to school in a predominantly Latino district and you can tell by the way they speak to their friends. That is what happens in a multicultural country, eventually the lines blur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Asian children go to school in a predominantly Latino district and you can tell by the way they speak to their friends. That is what happens in a multicultural country, eventually the lines blur.

Precisely.

Don’t be racist!

Don’t segregate!

Embrace/celebrate diversity!

But don’t copy us/emulate us. We’re different. We speak differently. We dress differently. We are different. You are different.

Sigh. This is exhausting.

We’re a melting pot. If you don’t like it, then isolate in a segregated area among yourselves. See how that works out for you.

[Anonymous]

I think her name is funny and very memorable.

[Anonymous]

Aw, that's so cute, OP. Clearly you've never lived in the hood. Good for you, but please STFU and stop trying to make problems where there aren't any.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, let’s not be obtuse it’s not just the name but how she says the name (in a blaccent)

SHE'S FROM QUEENS. HOW DO YOU EXPECT HER TALK? I'm Asian, I talk like the white people I grew up with in Michigan. Are you going to accuse me of cultural appropriation?

+1

My elementary-age kids have a "blaccent", because they went to daycare (and still go to aftercare) with 80% AA kids and two AA teachers in their class. My kids are multiracial, but not AA. Are they going to be accused of "cultural appropriation" if they still talk like this in a few years? Because there is a lot of "She don't got no shoes on" being said in my house, and no one is making fun of anyone, it's just how they learned to talk FROM THE PEOPLE THEY ARE GROWING UP AROUND. Same reason I talk like a white Midwesterner, though I'm not white.

I would find it weirder if Awkwafina sounded like she was from Wisconsin or something. Everyone from Queens talks like her.

Yeah, they probably will be accused of cultural appropriation. People aren't going know or assume it's what they grew up around

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly did she do that warrants the accusation of racism OP? Here's the origin of her name (which apparently came from the water and originally used the same spelling): https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a30390061/awkwafina-stage-name-nora-lum/

How exactly is that racist?

I thought it was a play on the "bougie" water brad and awkward?? being socially awkward is actually racial stereotype that is used both by and against asian Americans

[Anonymous]

I hate it when white people try to be divisive when it comes to BIPOC.
They know we are stronger together so they try to get us distracted and fight each other

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when white people try to be divisive when it comes to BIPOC.
They know we are stronger together so they try to get us distracted and fight each other

I doubt a white person started this thread. Blacks and Asians need to chill on hating on each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when white people try to be divisive when it comes to BIPOC.
They know we are stronger together so they try to get us distracted and fight each other

I doubt a white person started this thread. Blacks and Asians need to chill on hating on each other.

I doubt it wasn’t a white person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She’s a hypocrite. She uses AAVE and speaks in a “blaccent” but refuses to speak in an “Asian accent” because it mocks Asians but what does she think she’s doing to Black people? I’ve always thought she was cringe.

Asian American here.. I went to a predominantly black MS/HS out west. Yep, I spoke with a "blaccent" because that's what I was surrounded by.

Of course, as an adult, I don't speak that way now, but sometimes when I get together with my sister (who also spoke with a blaccent), we'll regress to that way of speaking just because that's how we used to communicate.

When we do this, my DH and kids think it's super weird and laugh because for them, it's just so unusual to see this kind of thing. But, where I grew up, it wasn't unusual to see non black people speak this way.

Amen sister

[Anonymous]

My SO is from the same area in Queens that she’s from but is older than her.

Neither she nor any of her family members speak like Awkwafina. They have an accent but not a blaccent like her.

Imo, she can’t use the “I get it from where I grew up” excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when white people try to be divisive when it comes to BIPOC.
They know we are stronger together so they try to get us distracted and fight each other

I doubt a white person started this thread. Blacks and Asians need to chill on hating on each other.

DP: While I am reasonably certain — based on the language and the demographics of this site — that a white person probably did. Yet another example of people trying to encourage divisiveness for their own ends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when white people try to be divisive when it comes to BIPOC.
They know we are stronger together so they try to get us distracted and fight each other

Since BIPOC specifically excludes Asians, I'm not sure what you're getting at with your post.