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[quote=Anonymous]They are communicating quite effectively in the particular dialect of English they speak, which linguists refer to as AAVE. It sounds "wrong", "low class" and "unclear" to you because it's coded as Black and you, as an average white American, subconsciously view all things coded Black as inferior and threatening. Now, that said, they certainly need to know how to code switch into Standard American English if they want to be hired at most white collar workplaces, since most hiring managers are lowkey racist just like you. Too bad.[/quote]
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