"Just ask an Indigenous person" almost made me cry! I'm Inuk, Indigenous from Nunavut. Everytime someone mentions that Canada is also racist I feel my body get so excited but Indigenous representation/history is rarely mentioned in their commentary.. anyways thanks for that little blurb! 😌💖
There really is no representation, and that's heartbreaking; white girl from southern ON, and I didn't know about 95% of indigenous racism until I found UA-cam and channels like this one. I think Canada needs to learn that doing 'better than x' will never be an excuse, and that we need to continue to grow.
I'm Canadian (not indigenous) and I think this country is lacking so much. I'm doing my own research paper on systemic racism and I learned everything by myself. It's a shame that indigenous history and modern issues are not talked about properly in schools
I'm finnish and I know what's going on in Canada. There's been articles about missing women and rotting houses in reservoirs even in our news papers. Nothing stays hidden in the eyes of history since it's not written by "the winners" anymore. Thanks to information age.
Exactly! I live in Canada, and this is SO completely valid. I'm so glad she included it in the video because so many people think Canada is the "nice" version of the states when it's JUST as racist! Colonizers literally did the same thing that the US did.
*Update* 1.) It's been brought to my attention that the term "lizard elites" is actually an Anti-Semitic remark. (Conspiracy theories like this seem to have some roots in Germany's Nazi Party propaganda.) So this has served as a teachable moment for me and I will be more mindful about the language I use going forward! I apologize and want to thank those of you that brought that to my attention. (You don't know, what you don't know) 2.) I had to remove the Chapter 7 Community clip because it got a Copy Right Claim *rolls eyes* 3.) On the last part of the vid, since I’ve had time to reflect on the whole Culture Industry thing and think I can explain it better… Dialectic of Enlightenment was published in 1944 well before technology made the advancements it has, but it seems that Horkheimer and Adorno were paying attention enough to see into the future. Think about product placement in tv shows/movies, except with blackface, the product is blackness on white skin (literally and figuratively). The technology mediums (tiktoks, gifs, memes) are telling you in a way, “participate in this to be cool/fun/with the times!” And if everyone’s getting the same message, everyone participates. Everything becomes the same because everyone’s trying to listen to the message and fit in or be seen as cool/pretty/wealthy (based on the bodies that project this message) and without awareness, it ends up at the expense of black culture/black people.
Hi Khadija! Thank you so much for this video essay. It put into words what I've been trying to articulate to the white folks in my life about some of my discomfort with internet culture. I do want to point out, though - at around 33:37 of the video, you used the phrase "Lizard Elite". Please, please, PLEASE understand that that term is INCREDIBLY anti-Semitic! Not trying to be disrespectful to you. Just wanted to bring that to your attention. I'm sorry. I couldn't figure out how to work in the word "teacup".
@@ChristopherStLouis-xl1hk hey! So thank you for bringing that to my attention, I went and did my googles and found out about how that term was rooted in the Nazi Party’s propaganda. (Yikes) so thanks for informing me about that and I’ll be more mindful with my words!
Man that thing you said about how white people appropriate and misuse AAVE _and then get sick of it_ and demand everyone else stop using it- that really knocked over my teacup.
@@vergil8833 This analysis is your idea of the radical left black people turning on white liberals? 😂 Dude, it is a critique from people of a culture that America seems to love so much. Of course, we have opinions of our culture, ourselves and how this society interacts with both of those things. If you take that as an assault on white liberals then you aren't really listening. You are just going to automatically be defensive anyways. It's not just liberals who this pertains to... There are racists and conservatives who will enjoy black culture while they're being racist towards black people. Also, the idea that liberals worship black folks is laughable. Liberals don't worship black people. They love black culture. There is a difference. ACTUAL liberals aren't really down for blm. They are performative and care more about the aesthetics of social justice than the discomfort and hard work that it takes to bring about real social justice.
It is not "white people getting sick of it". In general, when a slang becomes mainstream, young people seek something new. Often, by the time a slang becomes mainstream, black people are either already done with it or they discard it soon after. It's like when your mom starts using your slang. It becomes uncool. You don't want to talk like your mom. If your mom tells you to stop using slang, you don't listen and black people do not change their slang because white people tell them to. Contrary to how the girl in this video feels, black people use the words they want and are not waiting for white people to give them expiration dates on their vocabulary. The entire nature of slang (especially youth slang) is that it is short-lived. Even slang from 2 or 3 years ago sounds VERY outdated today. It has nothing to do with "white people". There is slang used by black people that does NOT become mainstream that is also discarded within a year or two. It's also true of slang that comes from white people. It's the nature of slang. It has nothing to do with race.
It's great to see Canada being included in the discussion for once. I'm never 100% sure how to apply the information in videos talking specifically about America. Think I'll fill up a teacup, get comfy, and watch some of your other videos
I was born in Toronto but we moved when I was 3. So spent most my life in the states and Ireland. Came back to Canada in my 20s, and there is just so much stuff you don't know about unless you seek it out yourself. So much focus on America let's the awful parts of Canadian history stay hidden
The canadian blackface history lesson was appalling, it's so funny the way the canadian curriculum casually left that out of their books. Literally the first time I'm hearing of this as a black canadian. Thank you for including canada too, bc the way canada is portrayed as a safe haven from racism (on an international scale) has ALWAYS rubbed me the wrong way. P.S. teacup and subscribed :)
Usually if a country is portrayed in media or in society as this 'perfect safe haven from all problems', more times than not, it definitely is not all sunshine and rainbows like how it is portrayed. Too many people refuse to look past these portrayals to get a better understanding of the actual country and it's honestly sad.
If anyones been to the UK, would they say Canada is worse or better?? Genuinly curious as I'm from the UK and have thought about moving to Canada, but not a chance if it's worse than the UK
@@kyesha9313 worse or better for you to live depend on a couple things, right? Like if you are trans UK is worse, but if you're a cisgender white person both places would be quite comfortable for you (as in what affects you directly), per example. Objectively speaking, both places are awful for minorities, just like the rest of the world tends to be.
@@alexandrite9100 sorry I didnt explain fully enough😅. I understand this, but I meant as a black heterosexual woman. Like because of Canadas proximity to America, how close is it to American culture with reguards to how the majority responds to, in my case, black straight women. From a British prospect, personally, American seems great for a short holiday but like hell say if I were to live there. So with Canada being similar to America in many ways, what would someone reccomend who's had the experience of being in all three countries for atleast 3 months?
I know you said you hate academics, but you should totally be a professor. You are great at breaking down these concepts. Your editing is also fantastic.
@@JL-vw6wx I'd say "don't feed the troll" but that was a good comeback. And YES Khadija would be a fantastic teacher 😍. I have ADHD and I can follow even her hour-long videos no problem, she's perfect!
@@SisterPegasus thank you for picking up what I was putting down. Sarcasm can be difficult for some internet users to recognize, ha! Wholeheartedly agree, Khadija does an amazing job of teaching her topics; she has a gift for teaching, story-telling with strokes of creativity and wit. She showcases expertise with her video essays.
I always thought the nick Young meme was less him being confused as it was a "what the fuck" reaction to something stupid or crazy. Like, as though someone just told him wearing teacups on your head was a stylish new trend
My thoughts exactly! It's a reaction to someone saying something stupid/crazy, especially with the nuance of calling out bullshit. Like the quote before would be something like "BLM should know that racism doesn't actually exist anymore, the civil rights act was passed in 1964" [insert Nick Young meme]
@@虚パンクvoidpunk Sort of, but not really? It's more someone reacting to a confused statement or action. As in, the confusion isn't coming from Nick Young being unable to comprehend something because he's not smart enough or something, it's the situation or statement being itself incomprehensible. Basically it's pointing out something as absurd by presenting a reaction *to* the absurdity; which is different from saying that the reaction or the person making it is absurd.
I am non-native english speaker from central europe. I learn new english mostly from media, so naturally by cosuming north american content I learn AAVE words and phrases as well. I usually have no idea, that they are AAVE, because it is simply impossible to learn backround of every single new word. Thats why I am so grateful for videos like this, that are amazing learning tool for people like me, thank you :)
The "rebranding" of aave as "stan twitter language" makes my blood boil. Black ppl in America have been made fun of, gotten worse grades, and actively had to change they way they speak just to please white ppl for decades and all of a sudden its cool to be like "yaass kween, go off sis, oooo chile" all over the timeline? No, it's not stan twitter lingo, it's an actual dialect (in some cases considered it's own language) that came from slaves in the 16 and 1700s. You wouldn't try to speak French everywhere if you didn't know any grammar of the language, don't try to use aave if you don't know how it works.
I’m not Black, but it bothers me when white people from the suburbs try to imitate the grammar of AAVE without understanding how it actually works. Adopting slang is one thing, but confusing the grammar of a dialect like many white people do is just stupid.
Some amount of slang (like yas as in "yas queen", shade, fierce, reading, tea) actually originated from ball culture in the 80s + 90s and spread through the broader drag community and LGBT community from there
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@@MikkiManson13 black gay culture. That is a part of black culture. They are influenced by black women and vice versa. We've always had synergy
just hearing the term "Digital Blackface" had me immediately thinking about how internet slang sounds inherently black, which I had never even questioned before. So thanks for the teacup of ideas to mull over
Really love how you mentioned the US did not have it's own home grown art form at the time. It really illustrates how built on racism the culture of the Americas is.
It didn't have world renowned home grown art forms, but it did have its own unique art and culture, depending on where one is looking. Isolation due to geography over an extended period of time creates a uniqueness of culture, dialect, music, art, food... There's lots of cool rabbit holes to go down.
As a Canadian who is, finally, permanently moving to the states, THANK YOU! its so frusterating to hear everyone assume Canadians are innocent. I'm Korean and the worst racism I have experienced since preschool to my adult years has been only in Canada.
@@chai_lattes really depends on what part imo. I should have been specific. I grew up in calgary/vancouver. Calgary was where I experienced most of the racism and some but not a lot growing up in BC.
I'm so glad I watched this.. I never even realized with the news people, it's a lot of news stations that do that. I just thought they were trying to use slang words like the young kids.
@@ladybuglai I think that definitely is what they're trying to do, but they don't realize (or don't care) where the "slang words" the kids are using came from (black culture).
To be honest, I definitely don’t agree with that. Canada have universal healthcare. Canada’s police aren’t as notorious for their mistreatment of people, mainly minorities, as American police. Racism is less frequent in Canada when compared to the US of A. In terms of gender equality Canada are often to be found to be one of the most equal, whereas the US, when compared to other devolved nations, less so. Crime is also another factor that is much lower in Canada which I imagine comes down to the history of the country.
I don't think they are the same, nor that that was Khadija's point. She did not say Canada was as bad as the US, just that Canada has shit to work on too and should not become complacent.
I love how intellectually welcoming this is, like making complex academic concepts + taboo topics into a bean bag chair for people to sit in and reconsider the world. Amazing skill in writing as well as research and presentation. #teacup
I guess it kind of illustrates how much "youth culture" is really just black culture appropriated for the masses. The fact that these presenters have no idea these terms come from AAVE/Ebonics really says a lot. I feel like if there had been a POC on the news team, they would have gotten major side-eye.
Even being a black man, myself, it's not often that I really consider stuff like this. Hadn't even put a second thought into how those fads spread and become ubiquitous and where it all originates from. Great video! It's nice to take the time to consider some of the things we do and why. And now I need to a find a teacup
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
Sophia Dominique That... that was the whole reason it was in the video... Khadija used it specifically because it was a perfect auditory illustration of what people using AAVE incorrectly sound like.
hmm might be time to rethink those "friends" but perhaps test the waters along them why they think it's "funny English", instead of AAVE, which is a dialect - like every other country that has not than one dialect of their language - just like every region of any country can have different terms, pronunciation, and accents, even if they all speak the same language js, sometimes ppl need to be put on notice - if they don't know, you should express how it makes you feel - and educate them - if they can't THINK on it, but they choose to get offended, they aren't really your friends fair warning? be ready to lose some ppl, once you begin this journey - but also be open to those who only want to evolve and stay in your life
@@ummeiguess I understand this point of view. We have pretty fair conversations about this sort of thing often. They are open to changing their minds, and have on topics in the past. Among my friends this usage of AAVE is not yet worth pointing out, and I think there are degrees of severity to this sort of thing, you know? I don't think this kind of thing has crossed the "oh that's mildly annoying" threshold (especially since the usages are small and happen maybe once a month? Not really worth). If that changes, we will definitely have that conversation. It has been harder to let some things go when meeting new people online though, especially in gaming spaces lol. I'm learning to deal with potentially coming off as an sjw sometimes. Just need to find ways to communicate that people are receptive to listening to
Ngl, I can't deny that sometimes I do that after watching a video of a person who speaks with aave vause it just sticks. I'll learn to be more mindful from this point on 😭
"Ugh I hate Academics" you say as you continously make wonderfully thorough researched studies on a near-,if not, academic level and presents your findings flawlessly with reference-mentions. You're killing it and I'm proud of you.
Holy. Shit. I never connected the points between hearing my friends complain about people saying 'yas' or using 'gen-Z' language and the way it unknowingly (and sometimes knowingly) stigmatizes AAVE. This has been a wake-up call for me to better recognise the ways I use and view appropriated culture in my daily life as a white person. Thank you for making this video. Also the comprehensive history on Canadian blackface and minstrelsy is really insightful
totally feel the same way! words i thought were just slang of the generation genuinely arent and have origins elsewhere. i never meant to be disrespectful when i used those words!!! i just saw everyone else using them and thought it was alright. that's what makes it worse, is that it is so overlooked that people are trying to boil it down to "general gen-z slang". thanks for this video, khadija. i learned a lot and im taking away a lot more!
When you mentioned AAVE being associated with lower intelligence, I remembered in fifth grade when our teacher, an old white lady, decided to send a black student down to the office because he wouldn’t speak “proper English” There was absolutely no reason for her to punish him for it either. He was never disrespectful to her or any of the students and all of his assignments were written the way she wanted them to be written, that’s just how he spoke since that’s the way his parents and siblings talked. I didn’t realize how racist that teacher’s actions were until just now, so I never even thought to bring it up to my parents
So what you are saying is if I think you're stupid then I'm a racist. Is it only when the people are of different color means it's racist. So when the japanese soldiers were killing american soldiers , the white soldiers were racist.
@@edwardst-pierre1020 They're referring to AAVE which means "African American Vernacular English" which tends to be seen as stupid because it's not "proper English." You can look for more specific explanations of what AAVE is but the point they were making is how the teacher had a weird thing against the way the black student spoke since they didn't say things "proper"-and if you need further explanation, just think stereotypes on how African Americans speak. Maybe you've just never had that experience or witnessed this treatment, but it happens and it's outright disrespectful. As for the additional point u're making about Japanese soldiers killing American soldiers, I feel that it's kinda different from the discussion. Regardless of that, neither one are necessarily racist for fighting a war cuz they're just killing to decimate each other for victory. Hope I didn't come across as imposing, I just wanted to explain any confusion.
@@nukesakuji I understand but I have a deep interest in language and the culture behind it. I do see a lack of respect on both sides. I'm a english speaking person living in a french speaking province and I understand how it is. But I do see that diversity is killing both the states and canada. The difference in the language is also a difference of culture but what's up because most of these people live in the same city but don't appreciate each other. If the parents don't make the effort to work together the kids will continue to hate each other.
@@edwardst-pierre1020 are you 5 years old or something? How'd you miss the point that hard? When ppl say " it can always be worse" I now truly understand that phrase! I feel bad for your 2 brain cells working overtime
@@edwardst-pierre1020 no, if you think someone is stupid for speaking in an accent that is associated with their ethnicity or nationality, then you're racist. aave is just how many black people talk, and people will call it grammatically wrong because it uses different grammar than official english. but it's not wrong or dumb, it's just different. therefore calling it dumber or worse than regular english is a racist statement, since most people speaking aave (properly, not the yaaass girl slay sis kweeeen work it twitter type) are black
Well I'm a British white guy and hadn't heard of this channel before, just popped up in my recommendations. Learned a lot from watching this video, so thanks
First of all, thanks for addressing the lizard elite thing. It's refreshing to see people take anti-semitism seriously. It absolutely sickens me that a Jewish organization was performing blackface. That goes against the Jewish ideal of treating everyone, especially people from different backgrounds, with respect and kindness because we were once strangers in a strange land. It baffles me how someone could practice a religion that teaches this acceptance and still so degradingly mock another people. On a different note, the note you make about how lack of dental care in the south could have influenced AAVE is so interesting to me! That is something I wouldn't have even thought to consider but it makes sense that not having proper dental care would influence how you pronounce words. This is such an informative video! Definitely my cup of tea~
Why doesn't this have far more views?? I'm British black and have almost the same issue with afro carribean vanacular here... especially in London. It's insanely annoying. This was fascinating to watch. 10/10
I appreciate how often she said her goal isn't to tell white people to never use/ interact with things from black culture. I get paranoid about appropriating on accident and then pull away from black media to avoid that but then feel bad about not consuming enough content from black creators, and it's a whole thought spiral. Teacup.
Just be mindful of your privilege. Its not appropriating if you naturally adapt to something. And if someone tells you to cut it out, then do so and youre good. I use AAVE and its just natural to me. I understand its history and how privileged i am in getting to use it without getting ridiculed for it.
@@sarahgabriella84 I don't think one person telling you to cut something out is necessarily the thing to do. That's thinking every black person has the same opinion about something. Say if you're a white and have braids. You get complimented by a black person one day for your hair, then the next day a black person says they're offended. Which one speaks for all black people?? NEITHER!!! Do what you want. If it's not coming from a place of disrespect or mockery, I personally think you're good.
@@pineapplefox3673 It is as part of a Christmas holiday tradition. Google "Zwarte Piet"/"Black Pete". The figure is a helper to Saint Nicholas and lots of people don blackface to portray him. "Black Pete, or Zwarte Piet as he is known in the Netherlands, is a holiday tradition dating back to the 19th century that depicts a helper of Saint Nicholas dressed in blackface with an Afro wig, large red lips and golden hoop earrings. Many see Black Pete as a racist symbol harkening back to the minstrel shows in the United States, and the Netherlands’ participation in the slave trade."
@@pineapplefox3673 every 5th of december white people dress up as Black Pete (black face) to celebrate Saint Nicholas. The weirdest thing is that even though the UN urged the Netherlands in 2015 to stop portrayals of black pete, people still dressed up just a month ago as black pete. Imagine white tall dutch guys painting their faces black, with red lips and putting on an Afro wig.
Wait is that what Black Pete is like in Netherlands? We have a figure of Black Pete in my country (it's also a name of a card game) and he's a chimney sweep, he's white and usually has soot on his cheeks
Thank you so much for this, it really helped me to understand the phenomenon. As a white non-American I often don't know the actual origin of gifs, memes, or AAVE-derived expressions - by the time the internet is aware of them they are already stripped of context. It's really valuable to see the finer nuances of things which I could never have picked up just by idly sitting with my teacup and scrolling through memes. For example, the clip of the white girl with the bag of Cheetos: I would not have known that she was mimicking or mocking AAVE, to me she just seemed to be doing an OTT "sassy American" voice. If I hadn't watched this and understood that there was a distinct dialect being abused, I might well have mimicked a similar voice the next time *I* did an impression of a flamboyant American. It's so easy for this stuff to spread, even without the people involved knowing they're doing it. You don't have to have malicious intent to do damage, often it's just plain obliviousness (is that even a word?). The only cure for ignorance is active learning, thank you for helping me to further mine a little.
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
I'm a white european and let me tell you, we sure like to blame the US too for blackface when we were the ones who invented it 😭 I knew almost nothing of this topic so thank you for that!
@@gucciflipflops-3336 No if they identify as a European then you must respect that and acknowledge very specifically their cultural identity. I mean you can't have it both ways, snowflake.
@Bellysniffer no? 🤔 European is where I'm from, white is my ethnicity. There are many Europeans that are not white, like the person that answered before you
I love this. As black people we often feel this discomfort at the white entitlement of blackness. It’s hard to begin to express this discomfort openly without being gaslit. So the depth of the discomfort is often present without exploration. I’m so happy that these deep researched conversations and essays are more accessible and being done without apology or accommodation to whiteness. I love that the black community in general is gradually getting more comfortable with claiming our space. Oh and...☕️
@@tionnajohnson8430 Not to mansplain but, I think if you know the history, you'll see and understand that it's okay to have your own culture and appreciate your own heritage. Whites saying that they should actively express their culture is redundant at best given they haven't been stripped of their identity coming here so they have mainland cultural ties and American ties intermingled with their own immigrant culture. Its double heritage. Whites seems to already have their own individual heritages and cultures that they have essentially chosen to ignore for the cultural amalgamation that is mainstream American culture that breeds entitlement to whatever trends in American spaces. Black people have constantly been battling to establish and preserve some sense of AA culture while living among their non-black neighbors. Issue is, there is no safe space to cultivate and build a dominant black culture (maybe HBCU's but they arent so easily accessible) sphere without mainstream picking from it like a buffet, a black celebrity sharing too much, or worse an non- black person adopts a part of black culture while making generalizations to justify the theft. American culture is essentially syncretist in nature these days so they, by nature will take from many places at will but black America needs to be alone for a moment and build capital. This disrespect is conditioned by a postmodern society who only care about modern current relevance instead of understanding cultural identity and respect. When Black becomes less popular, maybe we can begin because we'll only have ourselves again.
@@Theohybrid well I know deep down we can since it's ours but I feel scared whenever I think of saying that's cultural appropriation or calling them out because I'm just gonna be told were being dramatic there's also a double standard when we wear braids vs other races
@@tionnajohnson8430Exactly right. And those double standards are right to acknowledge because it does happen. I think that thought that you are apprehensive means you're very mindful of the implications of speaking out. Arguments yield potential offense. But, they also breed healthy solutions because they are tested via questioning, trials, hypothesis. It's how theories are made. However, if this wasn't an issue, it wouldnt be something you'd waste your time ruminating about. So it has to be important in some light to you. The humble in heart will hear you and attempt to understand and the prideful wont or make excuses for their own bad to ignorant behavior. No one should make excuses but if society urges then whatever problem befalls them; like the Karen epidemic, then that failure via ignorance and pride is all on them. You cant force people to learn, grow, none a better person but you can try and educate people when the opportunity presents itself and only if that person wants to listen and is smart enough to understand that everyone doesn't share the same experience and must take your word for your own experiences. While its understable to be afraid of such responses like that, know why you believe what you believe. I think was Freud who said, " a good why can overcome any how'. ; or something like that. You have the right to fight for what you believe is right and in turn have that contested via questioning.
That mumbled “capitalism’s almost exclusively about the individual” was just perfect. Great video, thanks for breaking all of this down with such clarity of analysis! Almost as clear as a...pure glass teacup?
The WORK put into this, such an incredible digest of how history is continued to be intertwined with the present day. I started watching this around when you posted it and rewatched all the way through today. Incredible video, thank you for the new teacup
I’ll be honest, the arguments for the use of AAVE by non-black people being offensive never really made sense to me. I think because out of my own naivety and optimism I saw it as cultural diffusion and great cultural impact. For example, I thought it was great that black people literally create and change culture and are now getting more and more recognition and credit for that, so I was confused as to why people are upset. HOWEVER, I now realize after watching this video and reading comments that AAVE is not respected as a dialect, but rather meme-ified and downplayed as an internet fad/language. It all makes so much sense now and seriously thank you for this video and also everyone who commented expanding on the thoughts presented here! It’s like a lightbulb turned on lol
Also I would love to know how wee get recognized for it other than the replication and adaptation that’s regurgitated on our screens for profit.... real question 🤔
@@mogulambitionspodcast51 I suppose what I meant by that comment is that more and more people are recognizing that so much of what we do is rooted in black and African culture. Music. Fashion. Aesthetic. Does that mean that it is widely accepted by the masses and give credit where credit is due? No. Absolutely not. Albeit, as I said, I looked at it from a more optimistic point of view- because I’m allotted that freedom since I’m not black and living these experiences. This comment was meant to be transparent as I’m learning from people who share their experiences. So, I hope that this comment didnt come off as anything other than a humble attempt to learn more 😓 Also I should add that the original comment was specific to AAVE and the arguments of its usage by non-black people. I understand that there is still so much of black culture that is stolen.
@@bicycles-as-far-as-im-aliv5725 please see the comment I just replied to, I think it falls under the same question. I’m just trying to learn and be transparent about where my thoughts were versus where they are now.
The fact it never made sense to you at first is the problem. I don’t see how it didn’t make sense to you in the first place, seeing as it’s as simple as just not using the things black people say leisurely while not supporting them in anything else. But you’ve seen the light now, girl, I guess.
Just found your channel from a recommendation from Tee Noir and am absolutely loving going through your backlog of videos, I'm learning so much and the amount of research... we love to see it. I raise my teacup to you!!
I third this emotion! As an academic who reads journal articles on the daily I love to see people bring dry academic papers to life, especially as they relate to such meaty topics!
@@BeautifulEarthJa same here! It also reminds me that reading academic essays isn’t enough, I need to practice what I learn in my daily life. And how I’m not above the “culture industry” either as much as I like to think I’m not
I'm not black, and no one told me anything, but with time I noticed the trend of (mostly) black gifs floating around, and the weird, almost mocking, usage of of even 'ordinary' people and gestures, and I decided to only use them if: 1. The gif would still be funny or 'relatable' if the person in question was white 2. It's the best gif for the situation / features a quote / just a person or character that I like
Yeah, kids literally just randomly take pictures of me sitting in the bus, thinking I don't notice. Others just come up to me and start saying "damn Daniel"; THE DANIEL GUY ISN'T EVEN BLACK, they just immediately associate the casual existence of a black person with memes😕🤨
when it comes to aave and black sign language we actually had a 3 day lesson on that in my asl 1-2 course my freshman year of high school! it was really interesting to learn about and hear how different and special it is to black groups. i found it really cool :]!!!
I think public schools should focus more on teaching regular asl, like I know a deaf girl who had a gun pulled on her in the ghetto because this moron thought she was throwing up gang signs and he refused to accept that she was deaf or that sign language was even a thing. I started TikTok and found several other deaf people who had similar stories.
@@dahjiat.8562not that I wholeheartedly disagree but if it comes down to it you can always write on a piece of paper, as someone who works in customer service and doesn’t speak Spanish I encounter that problem much more than any deaf people. This is only accounting for the fact that we only are mandated to learn one language, I do think as a supplementary mandatory course it’d be helpful and very accommodating.
I had never thought to connect blackface/old racist black stereotypes to current memes! This is huge! It really helped me understand why some of these gifs made me feel uneasy. A way that I try to combat this as a white woman is by going for a Leslie Knope or Liz Lemon GIF 9/10 generic white lady can capture what I'm getting at lol. Also crazy blast from the past with Ebonics , wtff (im OLD)! Thanks again for your work and the super inviting learning environment that you create.
@@sarahdanielle12 I heard she’s been working as a nail tech and got nail glue in one of her eyes and went blind at one point allegedly? But besides that I have no idea
Also I've always felt that,as a Black woman I've always felt like non white people had certain expectations of how I was going to "perform" (i.e what my personality was going to be like) and when they discovered that I'm not a caricature or a walking talking meme, but a soft spoken wallflower it's as if they're disappointed. Eventually they stop paying me any mind. I've always felt like this has intensified with the usage of black people in memes and gifs by literally every non black youtuber. This bleeds into real like and Black people are ecpected to entertain, and be side characters in other people's lives. I'm glad you spilled the tea cause it never sat right with me the amount of black memes and gigs being used today. Im glad it jas a name put to it. Loved this video! 🍵 ❤
I love this comment! So true, I'd go to parties with a white friend and they'd expect me to twerk, or bust out some Beyonce dance routine LoL when I did my lil two step they were disappointed. So weird
We were just talking about this 2 weeks ago on twitter. Black people are not allowed to be introverts at work and we're expected to be bubbly/life of the party vitamins who brighten everyone's day
@@Justme-vi6sc I can see that very thing playing out in my life. (I’m not black btw) but I’ve literally watched, jaw hitting the effing floor, while weirdos have accosted a friend of mine (total strangers btw) like expecting her to talk to and dance with them. It’s freaking weird, people need to Stop, its really gross.
*raises teacup in awe* Wow. This was so informative. You’re an incredible scholar. Your scripts are so well crafted and insightful while somehow also making me laugh and cry in the span of a few minutes. You’re a fantastic story teller. Thank you for your channel and all that you do 💙
I appreciate this video a lot!! I've always felt off about the white people around me (and myself) using AAVE, but incorrectly, as "Gen Z language," and you made the context of that more clear to me. Can't wait to watch more from you!
"Little E was cruising and some dudes were roasting his socks off, which made him big mad, so some big mamma bears came and made the squad din din." - Some white dudes with braided hair and cultural African hats "Gen Z" translation of 2 Kings 2 23-24.
I have heard it as mainstream slang as well and was targeted by popular youtubers who happen to be white and have a sense of superiority and thus use the terms mockingly. Its lowkey shade and mildly annoying.
she gon' build! she's not a year old (the channel) so I expect big things in her future! got to get D'Angelo and some others to shout her out like Tee Noir did so she can be fruitful and multiply followers :D
I always interpreted the Nick Young one to be an intelligent person who just got slapped in the face with someone else’s stupidity or ignorance, and the face he makes is him attempting to unravel all the layers of nonsense. Maybe I’m just using it wrong. Teacup
Yeah, that's a really good way to put how I always interpreted it as well. Came scrolling through the comments to see if I was alone in this. Now I know there are at least 2 of us. It's good for me to be aware of the alternate interpretation anyhow of course - it had just never occurred to me.
As a white Australian woman digital blackface and imagined black English is the predominant way we are exposed to African American culture, never knowing how wrong morally and factually it is. I’m so glad I found your content, you bring an authentic and honest (and funny) voice to counter this problem, and illustrate how important it is to have and support African American content creators.
I really loved this! Made me think about how I as a Mexican women participate in these memes and gifts and not once thought about it!! Time to make drink some tea in my teacup;)
Thank you, not only for the really thoughtful and informative video essay, but for being vulnerable about your mental health struggles. I struggle with depression a lot and I'm trying to be more transparent about my struggles and I feel a little less alone and and a little less scared to be honest about my life when I see other people being vulnerable about mental health struggles too. And conveniently, a coping mechanism I used those rough months was drinking tea out of my mom's favorite fancy teacup before bed. Thanks again.
Oml I didn’t know that there was an issue with AAVE and nonblack ppl using. You opened my eyes to what my friends did around me, talked to me about, and how they literally changed their personality while around me. I like to see educated black queens like you. You are a really a good role model for thx
@@thearcadegamer8128 it’s not exclusive to anyone, I mean really you can be raised in LA and be of any background. Just say you have white fragility and move on
As a Nigerian guy living in the UK, I made it my business to really pay attention to the Western world, from colonization to religion and the effects of it, I thought I knew a lot but after listening to you, I feel I have so much to learn. I am an undergraduate with a degree in film studies, unfortunately the only one in my entire family history to get to this level as they are all very religious and base their entire knowledge on that. I have been deprived of some intellectual conversations for much of my life, I thoroughly enjoy your videos☕
*standing f*cking ovation* My God. The way you ate this up. I mean... My GOD. I nearly shouted when you started talking about “linguistic minstrelsy.” This is such a well done analysis of the digital blackface phenomenon that I... I have no critiques. Every head on every nail was hit. I applaud thee. And the end when you basically addressed the intention vs impact of non-black folk engaging in digital blackface. I literally need to gather myself and my thoughts to formulate a proper reply because my intellectual teacup runneth ovah. In short: you did that.
If everyone had one teacup of this woman's intellect, insightfulness and respect for other human beings, the world would be richer for it. Cheers to you! 🍵
she said what needed to be said. their obsession with us is really weird. update: I really enjoyed this one and would love to hear more about AAVE as a dialect of English cause, yeah, it's a legit language. as an African Black woman in Canada, I'm fluent in Black culture and AAVE but at the same time, I respectfully take part as an outsider (not someone who assumes and demands access to African American cultures). my teacup is ready 😉
11:19 ... and that's why he has no edges. I've been silently flaming all of these wh*te supremacists as they pop up on my screen; thought I'd share the joy 😇
Okay I’m dying at the edges comment” and one of the videos I have planned for January/February is going to actually be about “talking white” and what that even means. So AAVE will pop up in there for sure!!
this is such a good point! I am Jamaican so I am outsider to AAVE altho I do use it (sparingly) when I'm on twitter mixing up with the global blacks lol
what is up with all the "edgy" white cis teens making very racists tiktoks? like there are so many it is honestly shocking. Like you could fill thousands of teacups with the amount of racism.
Man as a Canadian I’ve never learned of the history of minstrelsy, it’s disgusting they always hide this shit from us. Also amazing video, thank you for such a good breakdown of this phenomenon!
@I am a strawberry I can kinda agree. I’ve been to many different schools across Canada and they very much teach a lot of how they wronged and what happened with the native Americans in Canada, but like the less gruesome side so they do still make is seem like less of an issue that what it was. And they do talk about our history with racism but waaaay less across board they focus more on the America was worse and we where a shelter for them. But it’s definitely different than what I hear about how in America they some times straight up don’t even talk about it at all. Again I haven’t been to every school ever but I’ve been to many schools in different provinces so I’ve seen a few curriculums. And Canada is 100% just as racist as America tbh
@@LemonDropYum ya.. hilarious. Using kids for adult entertainment to further perpetuate systemic oppression & r.acist stereotypes. "Thats what youd call an uncle buck" no. He was 4yrs old. They dont understand romance or sexual relationships. They thought it was ok to use him to preform for your entertainment. So every other adult could laugh at him. You think thats funny? I wonder why they didnt exploit a child of their own race. You literally got nothing from this.. That child will remember what happened to him for the rest of his life. You get to continue remembering him as a living breathing joke. You see nothing wrong about it? & No. Nobody is going to call or perceive their child, baby brother, nephew, anybody as some racial stereotype dictated by another race. Would you think its funny to have your baby being used as the brunt of a racist "joke"? Shame on you
@Spectre this is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever read. im not even gonna bother explaining whats wrong with this, i cant change the mind of someone who's so adamant that they're "in the right."
@Spectre not even a snowflake. and the “paint on the face” means a lot more than just paint. it has historical roots & is a way used to mock & stereotype black people for many, MANY years. but ofc someone as uneducated, close-minded & ignorant as you wouldnt bother to do any research. dont call me a snowflake because i’m “taking things too seriously” because it IS something serious.
This topic reminds me of why I felt uncomfortable back when UA-cam was just getting started and there were UA-cam channels that took black people being on the news because something bad happened to them out of context and turning it into a funny song. I think the channel was called schmoyo and all of their content was making autotuned songs from out of context news that mostly consisted of poor black people. The most famous examples are the "I ain't got time for this" and "hid your kids and your wife". I found it really fucked up that people were laughing at a man protecting his sister from a guy who broke in and tried to to rape his sister (Antoine Dodson).
Never realized how bad those videos are. I enjoyed them when I was younger (Like, a literal child) but I'm glad I've grown enough to listen to black people and understand why I should take a critical eye to popular trends.
I really dont remember schmoyoho being focused on black people's clips. They made viral clips into songs. The ones you mention, when I heard the songs - specially the Antoine Dodson one - they felt like an anthem for them, not a mockery. Btw he came back to Schmoyoho like 10 years later for a re-edit of the song. He looks like he's doing well.
Also, I was in high school when those videos were popular and while not all of that UA-cam channel's content was out of context stuff happening to black people specifically, I remember that when people laughed both at school and online they were clearly laughing at the way that the people featured in the clips spoke which was AAVE. I think most people didn't know the original context also and their first exposure was to the out of context clips. I didn't find out the original context until later but its still uncomfortable knowing that non black people and some black people still like laughing at and making fun of AAVE. People weren't laughing at the context because they didn't know it but the way that the black people on those clips spoke and came off. Unfortunately a lot of people like making fun of men with feminine mannerisms like Antoine and the way that older black woman speak when they are upset like the woman whose house burned down who is nicknamed Sweet Brown. I also laughed at first but something felt off after I thought about and saw people's reactions especially when those two clips were the ones that went the most viral at the time compared to the clips with different content and context.
Thank thank thank you for making this. Thank you for all of the emotional and intellectual labor you did and are so freely passing on in this video essay. I’m a white woman, I thought I understood or had a grasp of what digital blackface was, I did not. I’m gonna be passing this to some of my white friends for our anti racism discussions. I’m excited to share this information because it’s an opportunity to do less harm, regardless of intent, intent don’t mean shit. This is a super deep subject matter, I have immense gratitude and respect for you doing all of this legwork 🙏🏼 Edit: if it’s okay w you, I’d like to pass this to some of my white friends and associates to watch when doing anti racism work.
Coming from a STEM background I definitely did not take enough college courses that discussed topics like this. I am learning so much so thank you. Love your videos!
When you finished the video with "I talk too much" at 39:01 I got so sad..... u just spent so much of your time and energy articulating a hugely important topic. We chose to watch until the end, don't discredit your flawless work like that!
I can totally relate to so many thing you mentioned here. As a latina living in London I face moments where white folks/gals want to mimic my way of talking "latina dramatica".... becuase it is so "rea" and it somehow made me uncorfortable :( I didn't even l know why but today! I am so greatful of people that take the time to educate me. Specially with such insight and sources. I fucking appreciate it!
A lot of terms take on different meaning in different contexts. Uncle Tom and Topsy were created as abolitionist (anti-slavery) characters before the minstrel shows got a hold of them. My googling indicates that the term originally came from the West Indies and means infant or child. So I think it's more a case of your parents were using it right. Minstrel shows were sinister because they repurposed and gave a negative spin to some real cultural elements beyond the dark makeup.
I think I saw an episode on Shark Tank where a woman had a child fashion line called pickanniny. She was shocked to find out some might see it as racist. To her it was just their local slang for kids
I've always been confused what's the difference between Cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, like how can people just claim one for the other and everybody can just argue otherwise. *Thank you for educating about how appropriation comes from idiocrasy and appreciation is the acknowledgement and love for the history of once culture.*
um,,,okay sis, go off then. i was honestly expecting a video on “influencers” like nikita dragun and shane dawson doing blackface during their careers, but miss khadija just gave me more information than i would get in history class. and “white plagiarism”? the term is just- so insanely accurate. i subscribed. point blank period. no other reason needed. sis just filled my teacup (i watched) with more of the hidden history of america. i love this. i wish you a good day.
“Anything black people owned, including the words that came out of their mouth, they didn’t even own.” This!!!🙌🏾. People to this day still feel entitled to the Black race. We are treated like property instead of the human beings we are. Slavery might’ve ended but there are a lot of people who still believe black people are not human beings but property. And I believe this mindset subconsciously still lives in MOST non black people, today.
It's through that, and what she went onto say about those things later being used to make money, is how I finally 'got' why it's so crucial for the black communities aesthetic and dialect to be exclusive, and why there's such uproar to it being used as digital currency by non-black UA-camrs, tiktokers, etc - Because that's what slavery was founded on.
@Angel Morris Haha, reminds me of the body language me and my husband developed - we can have entire conversations with slight facial expressions - I'll forget and do it with others and they just stare at me like, "How does that stroke taste?". On the code switching thing.. I assumed everyone did that, to varying degrees? I hated walking into the office and suddenly having to adopt an entirely different personality, accent, etc - but then I was fostered by a Trinidadian family, so I still have a lot of mannerisms. After the second employer called me 'aggressive', my 'work personality' was born - an inauthentic me that I hated having to be. I didn't speak any differently to my friends - we all spoke with the same energy - But I learned that white people didn't communicate like that, and it was deemed 'aggressive' in comparison. Of course it's a dialect, and should be treated with the same respect as other dialects, any ignorant who says otherwise isn't worthy of your time nor energy. Educate and dismiss. ;)
@@silkshakes I’m white, but I’m autistic - and in the autistic community, we use the term “masking” to denote suppressing our socially unacceptable autistic traits (usually to the point of mental and emotional exhaustion) to appear more palatable to neurotypical society. Essentially, the idea is that everyone masks to some extent - but autistic masking is a notable phenomenon due to the sheer extent to which we have to do it. I’ve also been hearing about code-switching from black people on my social media - and it’s really making me think about the relationship between the ways black people create new and more palatable/“white” personalities for themselves and my own experiences as someone who masks frequently. For me, it really seems to reinforce the idea that a neurotypical society is a white society, is a cishet society, is a culturally Christian society, etc etc - though I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (especially those who are both black and autistic).
@@silkshakes For me, some masking is conscious and some is quite deeply ingrained into me (from internalised ableism + bad experiences socialising with others lol), so it would be difficult in some ways to fully “unmask”. However, being around people who I can somewhat be myself around (eg. family and close friends) is a freeing experience to say the least. As a white person, however, while the risks of social ostracisation/being othered by those around me are very real, my impression is that unmasking is not quite dangerous for me in the way it is for non-white (and especially black) autistic people. Police brutality statistics are alarmingly high even among disabled people in general (let alone black disabled people) - with a common line of logic being “they’re making strange movements/they look strange => they’re on drugs (or some other racially motivated bs conclusion) => restrain them”. I hope I could answer your questions in some way :)
It sucks because this "imagined black english" pops into my head all the time as a reaction because i'm in such a habit of hearing it and seeing it! but come on it's honestly not that much work to just check yourself and your immediate reactions to shit if you're not black but you're having this "imagined black" emotions and phrases coming to your tongue or your post all the time.
I watched this back when it came out and am returning to rewatch because its so good. It guided me to be more aware of what I do online; what I say, what I GIF. It isn't your responsibility to teach me about this, but I appreciate that I was able to learn this from you. Thanks for this and all your amazing videos.
@Cheeto Licker no kidding. It’s no wonder why so many people are avoiding black people; who wants to walk around eggshells all the time? But I have to pay for this woman’s nonsense 😒
I always considered the Nick Young meme to be saying all the people around him are dumb and he's dumbfounded by their stupidity. But I see how context can create a different impression, this is a very interesting video.
I love this! It never sat right with me how people laugh at the expense of Black women online especially on Twitter. Idk Something about creating caricatures out of stereotypes to mock and laugh at as if they’re the joke seems pretty strange to me. Especially considering these stereotypes are often just derogatory misassumptions about ALL Black peoples and cultures created from Eurocentric superiority and disregards the many vast rich Black cultures. I really hate how Black women are treated and I feel like it desensitizes people who see it. Like in 2010 when people were doing imitations online of Black women just existing. What was probably a joke within the community led to non Black people doing it as well and making fun of girls for being ghetto, ratchet and being less than others which fully encouraged this mindset that its ok to mock Black woman to the point that people were ripping off wigs and weaves! Of strangers..! as a joke.?! and laughing at the mortified women being at being humiliated. And people thought it was ok! I remember because I was like 12, I didn’t know better I thought nothing of it when I saw it. I should have known better but because it was normalized people didn’t stop to think about the people being made fun of and the implications. I mention this because when you said it was being made to feel like even your words were owned like property, it hit hard and is such a perfect analogy for why the black fishing in media is not ok. The desensitization in media for years has created entitlement to misuse AAVE, make fun of Black women as humour and having a Black online persona through memes etc because people think they own it. I have seen videos and there are hilarious talented Black entertainers. But I’m not laughing at how to act talk dress. Im not laughing at a person. I’m laughing because the jokes being said are hilarious and would still be funny if someone else said it without AAVE. Appropriation is so bad because it’s superficial inaccuracies that is then misused due to not caring about respecting source culture. It’s then nitpicked from the Eurocentric viewpoint and aspects that they deem acceptable are kept and stolen as an aesthetic with both the meaning and the rest of the culture discarded. For insight on me I’m Nehiyaw-ak, Plains Cree Indigenous so let’s just say I know too well the frustrations of appropriation. Especially being made to feel ashamed and that your culture and people are uncivilized and lazy. Only for Becky to turn around and use that culture for her hair except now it’s ok because she said so. I’m also Japanese(which is cringe when fetishized) With digital black face people build this whole identity that’s a lie. Which annoys me especially white gays stealing slang from Black LGBT people, who have it harder in the community only for the white gays to steal Black language for themselves while having the audacity to make these claim it’s for the gays while creating the most exclusive unwelcoming spaces for poc in the community. Anyways sorry for the essay to whoever if anyone reads this lol this video provoked my thoughts and so I wrote them down
Okay you are looking way too deep into this. People use memes of people of all races. I mean have you not seen how many people use memes of the song Xue hua piao piao or Ching cheng hanji. Or of people like Honey Boo-Boo or Dr. Phil. When I use a meme of Egg man I’m not trying to put on a persona of being a Chinese man, I’m just using it to express an emotion or mood that I can’t put into words. People using memes of Black people aren’t laughing at them or anything, it’s just because they are popular at the moment or just feel like they fit their mood. Trust me, I’m a few years they won’t be popular and people are going to move on to another person. Plus with AAVE slang, people only use that at the moment because it’s popular, after they will stop using it and move onto another term. Also with people going around and ripping off Black women’s wigs and weaves, citation needed. Lastly your point about cultural appropriation, sorry that’s not a thing. People have been doing that for thousands of years. Japanese culture for example has been appropriating from Chinese culture for thousands of years, it’s how humans have progressed to where we are today. Plus this video isn’t that good, especially since she describes most of the memes incorrectly and was very blatantly racist to most of the Black people they featured.
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
In the beginning when you were talking about the history of blackface you mentioned the portrayal of black women by black men. I know the pitchforks and torches will come out, but please talk about this, it's become a subculture on it's own. I think white men also do it to some extent.
I LITERALLY ALMOST HAD A STROKE SOMEONE SAID IT WAS "CHEE-LAY". like if you even for a second thought chile was pronounced like that you shoulda NEVER even tried using it.
@@bitchwormpuddin1499 AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! It also means they have never listened to black media, they dont hang around black people...they're just posers.
Actually, i always stumbled upon this type of comments in the K-POP community for example, the fans will leave some comments “Periodt queen!, Sike, Hella” and some other stuff like that towards their favourite group in a funny way. I’m so thankful to Khadija and other black youtubers for making this content because it’s an eye opening to me!
Yes I as an indigenous man will be mindful of when I use an Oprah meme because I should be considerate that I might be offloading my emotional labour onto a billionaire, and we can’t have that can we.
Even though you aren’t the teachers teaching me in school, you teach me way more then they do. I’m only 15 but I learn something new every time I watch your videos!💗
I have to be honest, this video brought up a whole lot of difficult feelings for me to deal with, but I think that's a good thing. These topics SHOULD be difficult, they SHOULD make us uncomfortable, because change can only result FROM discomfort. If we are comfortable with the status quo, we will never change it. If we do not question the beliefs we hold or the actions we partake in, we can never identify them as harmful and work to make them better. Thank you for making me think more critically about myself and my place in society, I guess, is what I'm saying. I've got a lot to reflect on now, and I appreciate that. Teacup. I couldn't think of a good way to work it into what I wanted to say naturally.
This, is what makes you feel uncomfortable? Wait until you learn about other issues regarding racism and a like, this video's barely a tip of the iceberg 🤣😂
@@sebastianfeuerstein9306 Yes, this DOES make me uncomfortable specifically BECAUSE it is so subtle. Other, more overt or obvious forms of racist behaviour are easier to identify, or they have been covered by other creators before so I'm more familiar with them and understand better how to recognize and correct for them. This is something I'd never considered, and something that would be easy to miss in ordinary social situations, and the fact THAT I hadn't considered it is whence my discomfort stems. Hope that helps elucidate things, thanks for your input!
@@ShatteredPsyche yeah, this kind of racism isn't obvious and I'd argue that it's the most problematic. Researching and talking to your poc friends can help you learn more about racism (subtle or otherwise) in all its forms, there's quite a lot to it, a lot!
“White people and non-Black folks using Black gifs/memes to express their emotions becomes a way of outsourcing their emotional labor on Black bodies” MISS MA’AM 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
oh god we've come to the point of "gif featuring black people are racist!!!" this is absurd. Of course in 2021 gifs are racist lmao. Despite the fact the same gifs can be found with black people. But sure, black people is gifs is racism now LMAO stay tuned for next step: "looking towards a black person is racism"
@Elegant Oprah For fuck sake not everything is about rasicm. You guys are petty as hell. The world doesn't revolve around you and I do not have an obsession. Im also subscribed to other channels that aren't black creators.
I remember reading aave on Twitter and thinking it was quite literally Internet slang that everyone used, I'm also European so I had no idea about the existence of aave until last year when I read a post about it and stopped using it altogether. The same applied to digital blackfaces and all of these caricatures of black people. Thank you so much for explaining all of this in depth, it gave me a better perspective.
As a linguist, I don't think the shape of their teeth would have a huge effect on enslaved people's dialect of English. It is true that certain diets can make populations have teeth that over many generations may make it less likely to use bilabial fricatives than labiodental fricatives, but I doubt that's what happened with AAVE (which actually has labiodental fricatives, not bilabial ones.) The phonological changes of AAVE are very consistent with the type of phonological changes seen in other English based creoles, or even other varieties of English in general.
@@christinaguilfoy100 so bilabial fricative and labiodental fricative are terms to describe how our mouths make certain sounds. labial means lip, so bilabial means both lips. labiodental means lip+teeth. fricative is a word that describes how the sound happens. consider the different between saying the sound "P" and the sound "F". P is a stop, it can't really continue. whereas "F" you can stretch out. That's what a fricative is, a sound that continues (and that's formed by friction between two areas of your mouth. "B" and "P" are examples of bilabial sounds - we use both our top and bottom lips. "V" and "F" are labiodentals - we use our bottom lip and top teeth. What the above person was pointing out was that some dialects do have a tendency towards using the bilabial sounds if diets change teeth, but since AAVE has labiodental sounds, it's probably not as big of an issue as one might think. They also point out that the sound change (ie phonological change) in AAVE have similarities with other developed dialects of English. I hope this helps!
I want to thank you for this content, especially for the knowledge and awareness you have imparted on my 17 year old granddaughter. She was so enthralled by your presentation that she quoted verbatim much of what she learned. I subscribed because of her recommendation and learned a lot (even tho I have studied and lived much of our history). I anticipate many more conversations with her discussing your content at a later date. Now I must finish my teacup evening blend and get some shuteye. Blessings to you, Khadiia Mbowe.
Wow...they call Nicki Minaj memes and slang gen z lingo but she's a millennial 🌚as a gen z-er i find it very offensive when humans of other races exploit our lingo then rebrand it as "new aged gen z slang"...like bomboclatt from Jamaica...dude thats literally the equivalent of f**k in America 😬😒
@@sunnyquan9540 I grew up in London, oh 20 years ago, (Trinidadian foster family) and had black, white, and asian friends growing up. Patois was peppered among slang even then - we all spoke the lighter aspects of patois, but didn't question it because its so deeply assimilated into London culture. Usually the non-black ones knew not to say ras/bombaclat, whablow/whagwan, etc because its obviously patois, but we spoke the lighter words like seen, safe, tic. It was only in watching Jamaican films that I recognised most of the 'slang' I spoke as being exclusively patois.
This was such a well made video, I don't personally use gifs other than amine and animal ones, but some AAVE has 100% entered my lexicon because of media and memes. It's so easy to not think about it, our where the words might have come from thanks to the distance from ppl the internet creates. 'm a Canadian but grew up in other countries. Came back to Canada in my 20s, and I've been trying to learn about the history of Canada's treatment towards indigenous people, but I've not heard about that history of blackface. Thank you for including that section of history, I wish I had learned about it sooner.
I appreciate the historical context and food for thought. More than a teacup full of knowledge here. As a librarian, I always like to see people cite their sources while putting their own spin on a topic. I will check out more of Khadija's work.
I used to work with a white woman who always said the most back-handed-compliment-but-actually-racist things, then used brown emojis. It always pissed me off. You can't be a racist then pose as brown for fun.
"Just ask an Indigenous person" almost made me cry! I'm Inuk, Indigenous from Nunavut. Everytime someone mentions that Canada is also racist I feel my body get so excited but Indigenous representation/history is rarely mentioned in their commentary.. anyways thanks for that little blurb! 😌💖
There really is no representation, and that's heartbreaking; white girl from southern ON, and I didn't know about 95% of indigenous racism until I found UA-cam and channels like this one. I think Canada needs to learn that doing 'better than x' will never be an excuse, and that we need to continue to grow.
I'm Canadian (not indigenous) and I think this country is lacking so much. I'm doing my own research paper on systemic racism and I learned everything by myself. It's a shame that indigenous history and modern issues are not talked about properly in schools
I'm finnish and I know what's going on in Canada. There's been articles about missing women and rotting houses in reservoirs even in our news papers. Nothing stays hidden in the eyes of history since it's not written by "the winners" anymore. Thanks to information age.
indigenous australian here i totally feel you !! sending love to you
Exactly! I live in Canada, and this is SO completely valid. I'm so glad she included it in the video because so many people think Canada is the "nice" version of the states when it's JUST as racist! Colonizers literally did the same thing that the US did.
*Update*
1.) It's been brought to my attention that the term "lizard elites" is actually an Anti-Semitic remark. (Conspiracy theories like this seem to have some roots in Germany's Nazi Party propaganda.) So this has served as a teachable moment for me and I will be more mindful about the language I use going forward! I apologize and want to thank those of you that brought that to my attention. (You don't know, what you don't know)
2.) I had to remove the Chapter 7 Community clip because it got a Copy Right Claim *rolls eyes*
3.) On the last part of the vid, since I’ve had time to reflect on the whole Culture Industry thing and think I can explain it better…
Dialectic of Enlightenment was published in 1944 well before technology made the advancements it has, but it seems that Horkheimer and Adorno were paying attention enough to see into the future.
Think about product placement in tv shows/movies, except with blackface, the product is blackness on white skin (literally and figuratively). The technology mediums (tiktoks, gifs, memes) are telling you in a way, “participate in this to be cool/fun/with the times!” And if everyone’s getting the same message, everyone participates. Everything becomes the same because everyone’s trying to listen to the message and fit in or be seen as cool/pretty/wealthy (based on the bodies that project this message) and without awareness, it ends up at the expense of black culture/black people.
Hi Khadija! Thank you so much for this video essay. It put into words what I've been trying to articulate to the white folks in my life about some of my discomfort with internet culture.
I do want to point out, though - at around 33:37 of the video, you used the phrase "Lizard Elite". Please, please, PLEASE understand that that term is INCREDIBLY anti-Semitic! Not trying to be disrespectful to you. Just wanted to bring that to your attention.
I'm sorry. I couldn't figure out how to work in the word "teacup".
@@ChristopherStLouis-xl1hk hey! So thank you for bringing that to my attention, I went and did my googles and found out about how that term was rooted in the Nazi Party’s propaganda. (Yikes) so thanks for informing me about that and I’ll be more mindful with my words!
Just wanted to say thank you so much for listening and addressing the unintended antisemitism 💜
Anyway teacup ☕️
@@Anna-xh6fk No need to thank me at all, it's the least I could do! :)
@@mibbles2371 damn...all this time I thought I had pinned it LOL
Man that thing you said about how white people appropriate and misuse AAVE _and then get sick of it_ and demand everyone else stop using it- that really knocked over my teacup.
i replayed that part multiple times because of how true it is
Yes turn on the liberals who worship you. Make them realize through experience.
@@vergil8833 q
@@vergil8833 This analysis is your idea of the radical left black people turning on white liberals? 😂 Dude, it is a critique from people of a culture that America seems to love so much. Of course, we have opinions of our culture, ourselves and how this society interacts with both of those things. If you take that as an assault on white liberals then you aren't really listening. You are just going to automatically be defensive anyways. It's not just liberals who this pertains to... There are racists and conservatives who will enjoy black culture while they're being racist towards black people. Also, the idea that liberals worship black folks is laughable. Liberals don't worship black people. They love black culture. There is a difference. ACTUAL liberals aren't really down for blm. They are performative and care more about the aesthetics of social justice than the discomfort and hard work that it takes to bring about real social justice.
It is not "white people getting sick of it". In general, when a slang becomes mainstream, young people seek something new. Often, by the time a slang becomes mainstream, black people are either already done with it or they discard it soon after. It's like when your mom starts using your slang. It becomes uncool. You don't want to talk like your mom. If your mom tells you to stop using slang, you don't listen and black people do not change their slang because white people tell them to. Contrary to how the girl in this video feels, black people use the words they want and are not waiting for white people to give them expiration dates on their vocabulary. The entire nature of slang (especially youth slang) is that it is short-lived. Even slang from 2 or 3 years ago sounds VERY outdated today. It has nothing to do with "white people". There is slang used by black people that does NOT become mainstream that is also discarded within a year or two. It's also true of slang that comes from white people. It's the nature of slang. It has nothing to do with race.
It's great to see Canada being included in the discussion for once. I'm never 100% sure how to apply the information in videos talking specifically about America. Think I'll fill up a teacup, get comfy, and watch some of your other videos
I’m Canadian and I didn’t know any of this. I’m actually really glad I came across this.
I’ve been binging her videos for days just found her! Also Canadian!
I was born in Toronto but we moved when I was 3. So spent most my life in the states and Ireland.
Came back to Canada in my 20s, and there is just so much stuff you don't know about unless you seek it out yourself. So much focus on America let's the awful parts of Canadian history stay hidden
Doesn’t help that many Canadians perpetuate these misconceptions to sound far better than they are
The canadian blackface history lesson was appalling, it's so funny the way the canadian curriculum casually left that out of their books. Literally the first time I'm hearing of this as a black canadian. Thank you for including canada too, bc the way canada is portrayed as a safe haven from racism (on an international scale) has ALWAYS rubbed me the wrong way. P.S. teacup and subscribed :)
Usually if a country is portrayed in media or in society as this 'perfect safe haven from all problems', more times than not, it definitely is not all sunshine and rainbows like how it is portrayed. Too many people refuse to look past these portrayals to get a better understanding of the actual country and it's honestly sad.
If anyones been to the UK, would they say Canada is worse or better?? Genuinly curious as I'm from the UK and have thought about moving to Canada, but not a chance if it's worse than the UK
@@kyesha9313 worse or better for you to live depend on a couple things, right? Like if you are trans UK is worse, but if you're a cisgender white person both places would be quite comfortable for you (as in what affects you directly), per example. Objectively speaking, both places are awful for minorities, just like the rest of the world tends to be.
@@alexandrite9100 sorry I didnt explain fully enough😅. I understand this, but I meant as a black heterosexual woman. Like because of Canadas proximity to America, how close is it to American culture with reguards to how the majority responds to, in my case, black straight women. From a British prospect, personally, American seems great for a short holiday but like hell say if I were to live there. So with Canada being similar to America in many ways, what would someone reccomend who's had the experience of being in all three countries for atleast 3 months?
I really , really hate how the Canadian government didn’t teach us this in school. Like wtf......
I know you said you hate academics, but you should totally be a professor. You are great at breaking down these concepts. Your editing is also fantastic.
If you want to be a lawyer, you better speak something besides AAVE.
@@JMARTIN1947 that 's a profound and insightful contribution to this conversation. Bravo.
@@JL-vw6wx I'd say "don't feed the troll" but that was a good comeback. And YES Khadija would be a fantastic teacher 😍. I have ADHD and I can follow even her hour-long videos no problem, she's perfect!
@@SisterPegasus thank you for picking up what I was putting down. Sarcasm can be difficult for some internet users to recognize, ha!
Wholeheartedly agree, Khadija does an amazing job of teaching her topics; she has a gift for teaching, story-telling with strokes of creativity and wit. She showcases expertise with her video essays.
@@JMARTIN1947 :-Oo:-):'(O_o
"Blackness is not something you can own... I mean y'all tried" I wheezed into my teacup
lol
I thought black folk were owned for centuries? Are you denying that White people owned Black slaves? Plz explain
@@wigsontop yikes
@@wigsontop Yes they've owned black PEOPLE however, blackness is more than just the physical black body.
@@wigsontop yikers man
I always thought the nick Young meme was less him being confused as it was a "what the fuck" reaction to something stupid or crazy. Like, as though someone just told him wearing teacups on your head was a stylish new trend
Yeah that’s always what I thought too. Almost like the exact opposite of what Khadija said
Same. Cuz that's the "wtf" look.
My thoughts exactly! It's a reaction to someone saying something stupid/crazy, especially with the nuance of calling out bullshit.
Like the quote before would be something like "BLM should know that racism doesn't actually exist anymore, the civil rights act was passed in 1964" [insert Nick Young meme]
is that not under the umbrella of confusion -_-
@@虚パンクvoidpunk Sort of, but not really? It's more someone reacting to a confused statement or action. As in, the confusion isn't coming from Nick Young being unable to comprehend something because he's not smart enough or something, it's the situation or statement being itself incomprehensible.
Basically it's pointing out something as absurd by presenting a reaction *to* the absurdity; which is different from saying that the reaction or the person making it is absurd.
I am non-native english speaker from central europe. I learn new english mostly from media, so naturally by cosuming north american content I learn AAVE words and phrases as well. I usually have no idea, that they are AAVE, because it is simply impossible to learn backround of every single new word. Thats why I am so grateful for videos like this, that are amazing learning tool for people like me, thank you :)
i'm european too, and other europeans look at me like im crazy when i tell them it's not just internet slang :/
@@greynotchristian yeah, I know that feeling too, unfortunately
Glad to have you!! :)
@Kimmminem West I don't even remember searching for some new term that had white origin
@Conn Lucifer every culture always has something new to learn
The "rebranding" of aave as "stan twitter language" makes my blood boil. Black ppl in America have been made fun of, gotten worse grades, and actively had to change they way they speak just to please white ppl for decades and all of a sudden its cool to be like "yaass kween, go off sis, oooo chile" all over the timeline? No, it's not stan twitter lingo, it's an actual dialect (in some cases considered it's own language) that came from slaves in the 16 and 1700s. You wouldn't try to speak French everywhere if you didn't know any grammar of the language, don't try to use aave if you don't know how it works.
Yes omg this
I’m not Black, but it bothers me when white people from the suburbs try to imitate the grammar of AAVE without understanding how it actually works. Adopting slang is one thing, but confusing the grammar of a dialect like many white people do is just stupid.
Hopefully more people will be educated about this
Some amount of slang (like yas as in "yas queen", shade, fierce, reading, tea) actually originated from ball culture in the 80s + 90s and spread through the broader drag community and LGBT community from there
@@MikkiManson13 black gay culture. That is a part of black culture. They are influenced by black women and vice versa. We've always had synergy
I remember when people at my school called aave “gen z language” HUH?? Black people have been saying this for decades now
I never heard that one crazy
Everyone wants to be black, without having to be black
A lot of times, I put my mind to dropping those figures of speech as soon as I hear them on tv! In case people think I got it there.
@@brittaolson6550 not because it..isnt how you normally talk but because you dont want people thinking you saw it on tv? What?? /genq
That’s crazy. 😣
just hearing the term "Digital Blackface" had me immediately thinking about how internet slang sounds inherently black, which I had never even questioned before. So thanks for the teacup of ideas to mull over
American internet slang, anyways
@@ezachleewright2309 because people in other countries don’t use Black American slang as international terms on social media
@@ezachleewright2309 You mean aave right 💀
@@kissit012 yeah, and mexican slang, and spanish slang, is the consequences of internet
@@kissit012 partially yes, but not exclusively or completely
Really love how you mentioned the US did not have it's own home grown art form at the time. It really illustrates how built on racism the culture of the Americas is.
It didn't have world renowned home grown art forms, but it did have its own unique art and culture, depending on where one is looking. Isolation due to geography over an extended period of time creates a uniqueness of culture, dialect, music, art, food... There's lots of cool rabbit holes to go down.
@@AppalachianMimi definitely. but the uniqueness that developed still has to come from a base... colonization did not help it in the SLIGHTEST
As a Canadian who is, finally, permanently moving to the states, THANK YOU! its so frusterating to hear everyone assume Canadians are innocent. I'm Korean and the worst racism I have experienced since preschool to my adult years has been only in Canada.
Damn, really? I'm Korean American and Canada was a prospective place to live.
@@chai_lattes really depends on what part imo. I should have been specific. I grew up in calgary/vancouver. Calgary was where I experienced most of the racism and some but not a lot growing up in BC.
@@chai_lattes I moved to LA starting HS and live here now, it's def home for me.
@@chai_lattes Seriously, if white people using black comedians' GIF images to emote vexes you, you're not going to be comfortable *anywhere*
I'm from Québec, and when I was young my elementary school translated my name from English to French cause it was too anglo.
THAT NEWS CLIP. I LITERALLY YELLED “WHY ARE THEY STILL GOING??” and startled people around me.
LOL
I'm so glad I watched this.. I never even realized with the news people, it's a lot of news stations that do that. I just thought they were trying to use slang words like the young kids.
@@ladybuglai I think that definitely is what they're trying to do, but they don't realize (or don't care) where the "slang words" the kids are using came from (black culture).
If I didn’t see it in this video, I would have thought it was an SNL sketch. It was soooo cringey.
While I was a bit cringe, I wasn't to bothered by it. They ment well.
AAVE is so prevalent that my 63-year old Pakistani father (living in Pakistan) uses the phrase “spilling the tea” mostly correctly 😅 also teacup
Wow!
I remember someone once saying that Canada is just the same as the US, only with a better PR team. Great video and what a cool teacup.
To be honest, I definitely don’t agree with that. Canada have universal healthcare. Canada’s police aren’t as notorious for their mistreatment of people, mainly minorities, as American police. Racism is less frequent in Canada when compared to the US of A. In terms of gender equality Canada are often to be found to be one of the most equal, whereas the US, when compared to other devolved nations, less so. Crime is also another factor that is much lower in Canada which I imagine comes down to the history of the country.
I don't think they are the same, nor that that was Khadija's point. She did not say Canada was as bad as the US, just that Canada has shit to work on too and should not become complacent.
@@oximofo9 Do you mean Klu Klux Klan night rides?
@@oximofo9 Huh, well I never heard of that.
@@muhammadlee- well now you know.
I love how intellectually welcoming this is, like making complex academic concepts + taboo topics into a bean bag chair for people to sit in and reconsider the world. Amazing skill in writing as well as research and presentation. #teacup
That clip of the newscasters was physically painful
If it wasn’t in this video, I would have thought it was an SNL sketch. It was almost too cringey to be real!
Literally. No wonder it got viral🤦🏾♂️😭 #teacup ☕️
Its not a sketch?? Ahahaha
It gives off mad, "How do you do fellow kids" vibes.
I guess it kind of illustrates how much "youth culture" is really just black culture appropriated for the masses. The fact that these presenters have no idea these terms come from AAVE/Ebonics really says a lot. I feel like if there had been a POC on the news team, they would have gotten major side-eye.
Even being a black man, myself, it's not often that I really consider stuff like this. Hadn't even put a second thought into how those fads spread and become ubiquitous and where it all originates from. Great video! It's nice to take the time to consider some of the things we do and why. And now I need to a find a teacup
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
that Bella Hadid interview causes me physical pain every time I see it
which one? i don’t keep up with celebrities and i want to be more aware of what’s going on
u remember hillary clinton ? hard to say which one is worse.. but both are peak cringe
@@sophiadominique9463 She's the woman trying to use AAVE, being interviewed in a store talking about sneakers
@@tellmewill oh Jesus she was trying to black?
Sophia Dominique That... that was the whole reason it was in the video... Khadija used it specifically because it was a perfect auditory illustration of what people using AAVE incorrectly sound like.
I’ve had so many of your vids pop up in my recommended recently and I just wanna say ~thank you algorithm~ ! I am currently having a marathon. #teacup
Oh. You 🙄
LMFAO jk
Yes! Same!
Same!
Oh my goodness I love your vids!! Haha thanks so much 🥰
omg hi tiffany bestie
This video made it impossible for me to unsee how some of my friends switch to AAVE as "funny English"
💔 😭
hmm
might be time to rethink those "friends"
but perhaps test the waters along them why they think it's "funny English", instead of AAVE, which is a dialect - like every other country that has not than one dialect of their language - just like every region of any country can have different terms, pronunciation, and accents, even if they all speak the same language
js, sometimes ppl need to be put on notice - if they don't know, you should express how it makes you feel - and educate them - if they can't THINK on it, but they choose to get offended, they aren't really your friends
fair warning?
be ready to lose some ppl, once you begin this journey - but also be open to those who only want to evolve and stay in your life
@@ummeiguess I understand this point of view. We have pretty fair conversations about this sort of thing often. They are open to changing their minds, and have on topics in the past. Among my friends this usage of AAVE is not yet worth pointing out, and I think there are degrees of severity to this sort of thing, you know? I don't think this kind of thing has crossed the "oh that's mildly annoying" threshold (especially since the usages are small and happen maybe once a month? Not really worth). If that changes, we will definitely have that conversation.
It has been harder to let some things go when meeting new people online though, especially in gaming spaces lol. I'm learning to deal with potentially coming off as an sjw sometimes. Just need to find ways to communicate that people are receptive to listening to
Ngl, I can't deny that sometimes I do that after watching a video of a person who speaks with aave vause it just sticks. I'll learn to be more mindful from this point on 😭
@@tblizzi1369 Ah, yes, gamers are the most oppressed minority (and the most sensitive majority) in society.
"Ugh I hate Academics" you say as you continously make wonderfully thorough researched studies on a near-,if not, academic level and presents your findings flawlessly with reference-mentions. You're killing it and I'm proud of you.
research and methodologies are not the same thing as academia... unpack that
Holy. Shit. I never connected the points between hearing my friends complain about people saying 'yas' or using 'gen-Z' language and the way it unknowingly (and sometimes knowingly) stigmatizes AAVE. This has been a wake-up call for me to better recognise the ways I use and view appropriated culture in my daily life as a white person. Thank you for making this video. Also the comprehensive history on Canadian blackface and minstrelsy is really insightful
totally feel the same way! words i thought were just slang of the generation genuinely arent and have origins elsewhere. i never meant to be disrespectful when i used those words!!! i just saw everyone else using them and thought it was alright. that's what makes it worse, is that it is so overlooked that people are trying to boil it down to "general gen-z slang". thanks for this video, khadija. i learned a lot and im taking away a lot more!
When you mentioned AAVE being associated with lower intelligence, I remembered in fifth grade when our teacher, an old white lady, decided to send a black student down to the office because he wouldn’t speak “proper English”
There was absolutely no reason for her to punish him for it either. He was never disrespectful to her or any of the students and all of his assignments were written the way she wanted them to be written, that’s just how he spoke since that’s the way his parents and siblings talked. I didn’t realize how racist that teacher’s actions were until just now, so I never even thought to bring it up to my parents
So what you are saying is if I think you're stupid then I'm a racist. Is it only when the people are of different color means it's racist. So when the japanese soldiers were killing american soldiers , the white soldiers were racist.
@@edwardst-pierre1020 They're referring to AAVE which means "African American Vernacular English" which tends to be seen as stupid because it's not "proper English." You can look for more specific explanations of what AAVE is but the point they were making is how the teacher had a weird thing against the way the black student spoke since they didn't say things "proper"-and if you need further explanation, just think stereotypes on how African Americans speak. Maybe you've just never had that experience or witnessed this treatment, but it happens and it's outright disrespectful. As for the additional point u're making about Japanese soldiers killing American soldiers, I feel that it's kinda different from the discussion. Regardless of that, neither one are necessarily racist for fighting a war cuz they're just killing to decimate each other for victory. Hope I didn't come across as imposing, I just wanted to explain any confusion.
@@nukesakuji I understand but I have a deep interest in language and the culture behind it. I do see a lack of respect on both sides. I'm a english speaking person living in a french speaking province and I understand how it is. But I do see that diversity is killing both the states and canada. The difference in the language is also a difference of culture but what's up because most of these people live in the same city but don't appreciate each other. If the parents don't make the effort to work together the kids will continue to hate each other.
@@edwardst-pierre1020 are you 5 years old or something? How'd you miss the point that hard? When ppl say " it can always be worse" I now truly understand that phrase! I feel bad for your 2 brain cells working overtime
@@edwardst-pierre1020 no, if you think someone is stupid for speaking in an accent that is associated with their ethnicity or nationality, then you're racist. aave is just how many black people talk, and people will call it grammatically wrong because it uses different grammar than official english. but it's not wrong or dumb, it's just different.
therefore calling it dumber or worse than regular english is a racist statement, since most people speaking aave (properly, not the yaaass girl slay sis kweeeen work it twitter type) are black
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Well I'm a British white guy and hadn't heard of this channel before, just popped up in my recommendations. Learned a lot from watching this video, so thanks
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First of all, thanks for addressing the lizard elite thing. It's refreshing to see people take anti-semitism seriously. It absolutely sickens me that a Jewish organization was performing blackface. That goes against the Jewish ideal of treating everyone, especially people from different backgrounds, with respect and kindness because we were once strangers in a strange land. It baffles me how someone could practice a religion that teaches this acceptance and still so degradingly mock another people.
On a different note, the note you make about how lack of dental care in the south could have influenced AAVE is so interesting to me! That is something I wouldn't have even thought to consider but it makes sense that not having proper dental care would influence how you pronounce words. This is such an informative video! Definitely my cup of tea~
the religion itself contradict his own morals
when people take religion that far i feel like it needs to be illegal
We're not a monolith. Just because one organization participated, doesn't mean every organization did.
I didn't see them addressing the antisemitism of the phrase lizard elite?
You know Jews see everyone else as ‘gentiles’, right?
Why doesn't this have far more views?? I'm British black and have almost the same issue with afro carribean vanacular here... especially in London. It's insanely annoying. This was fascinating to watch. 10/10
I didn't even know that existed (and im sure as a not native speaker i wouldnt be able to recognize it either 💀)
Yh I was saying Londoners are now calling patois London slang
Yes especially Jamaican dialect like please it’s annoying asf. My language isn’t a trend
frr i’m a British west Indian and it’s very irritating
This is also true in Toronto
I appreciate how often she said her goal isn't to tell white people to never use/ interact with things from black culture. I get paranoid about appropriating on accident and then pull away from black media to avoid that but then feel bad about not consuming enough content from black creators, and it's a whole thought spiral. Teacup.
Just be mindful of your privilege. Its not appropriating if you naturally adapt to something. And if someone tells you to cut it out, then do so and youre good. I use AAVE and its just natural to me. I understand its history and how privileged i am in getting to use it without getting ridiculed for it.
@@sarahgabriella84 I don't think one person telling you to cut something out is necessarily the thing to do. That's thinking every black person has the same opinion about something. Say if you're a white and have braids. You get complimented by a black person one day for your hair, then the next day a black person says they're offended. Which one speaks for all black people?? NEITHER!!! Do what you want. If it's not coming from a place of disrespect or mockery, I personally think you're good.
@@taco2947 No, you cut it out around the person who isnt ok with it.
@@sarahgabriella84 yeah lets do absolutely everything for everyone because thats the biggest concern in the world rn
@@taco2947 if you really cared about not offending someone u wouldnt do it at all.
Khadija: 'no one is putting on black face.' Me living in the Netherlands: 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄.
Is blackface prevalent in he Netherlands?
@@pineapplefox3673 It is as part of a Christmas holiday tradition. Google "Zwarte Piet"/"Black Pete". The figure is a helper to Saint Nicholas and lots of people don blackface to portray him.
"Black Pete, or Zwarte Piet as he is known in the Netherlands, is a holiday tradition dating back to the 19th century that depicts a helper of Saint Nicholas dressed in blackface with an Afro wig, large red lips and golden hoop earrings. Many see Black Pete as a racist symbol harkening back to the minstrel shows in the United States, and the Netherlands’ participation in the slave trade."
@@pineapplefox3673 every 5th of december white people dress up as Black Pete (black face) to celebrate Saint Nicholas. The weirdest thing is that even though the UN urged the Netherlands in 2015 to stop portrayals of black pete, people still dressed up just a month ago as black pete. Imagine white tall dutch guys painting their faces black, with red lips and putting on an Afro wig.
@@xoxoLeony oh wow 😬 thanks for the reply
Wait is that what Black Pete is like in Netherlands? We have a figure of Black Pete in my country (it's also a name of a card game) and he's a chimney sweep, he's white and usually has soot on his cheeks
Thank you so much for this, it really helped me to understand the phenomenon. As a white non-American I often don't know the actual origin of gifs, memes, or AAVE-derived expressions - by the time the internet is aware of them they are already stripped of context. It's really valuable to see the finer nuances of things which I could never have picked up just by idly sitting with my teacup and scrolling through memes.
For example, the clip of the white girl with the bag of Cheetos: I would not have known that she was mimicking or mocking AAVE, to me she just seemed to be doing an OTT "sassy American" voice. If I hadn't watched this and understood that there was a distinct dialect being abused, I might well have mimicked a similar voice the next time *I* did an impression of a flamboyant American. It's so easy for this stuff to spread, even without the people involved knowing they're doing it. You don't have to have malicious intent to do damage, often it's just plain obliviousness (is that even a word?). The only cure for ignorance is active learning, thank you for helping me to further mine a little.
I feel the same
Make sure you only use specifically white gifs from now on, demon.
@@goose5761 That's not what people are saying
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
I'm a white european and let me tell you, we sure like to blame the US too for blackface when we were the ones who invented it 😭
I knew almost nothing of this topic so thank you for that!
As a black european woman I agree Netherlands quitted the chat!
Zwarte Piet has left the chat...
@Bellysniffer Do you know if they were born in Europe? If they were born in Europe, they’re European.
@@gucciflipflops-3336 No if they identify as a European then you must respect that and acknowledge very specifically their cultural identity. I mean you can't have it both ways, snowflake.
@Bellysniffer no? 🤔 European is where I'm from, white is my ethnicity. There are many Europeans that are not white, like the person that answered before you
I love this. As black people we often feel this discomfort at the white entitlement of blackness. It’s hard to begin to express this discomfort openly without being gaslit. So the depth of the discomfort is often present without exploration. I’m so happy that these deep researched conversations and essays are more accessible and being done without apology or accommodation to whiteness. I love that the black community in general is gradually getting more comfortable with claiming our space. Oh and...☕️
Yaasss. I’m not gonna lie, there are still times I get that feeling of needing to filter (probably why I preface so much) lol
Right we can't claim our culture without being gaslit it's hard because I start questioning are we reaching?
@@tionnajohnson8430 Not to mansplain but, I think if you know the history, you'll see and understand that it's okay to have your own culture and appreciate your own heritage.
Whites saying that they should actively express their culture is redundant at best given they haven't been stripped of their identity coming here so they have mainland cultural ties and American ties intermingled with their own immigrant culture. Its double heritage.
Whites seems to already have their own individual heritages and cultures that they have essentially chosen to ignore for the cultural amalgamation that is mainstream American culture that breeds entitlement to whatever trends in American spaces.
Black people have constantly been battling to establish and preserve some sense of AA culture while living among their non-black neighbors.
Issue is, there is no safe space to cultivate and build a dominant black culture (maybe HBCU's but they arent so easily accessible) sphere without mainstream picking from it like a buffet, a black celebrity sharing too much, or worse an non- black person adopts a part of black culture while making generalizations to justify the theft.
American culture is essentially syncretist in nature these days so they, by nature will take from many places at will but black America needs to be alone for a moment and build capital.
This disrespect is conditioned by a postmodern society who only care about modern current relevance instead of understanding cultural identity and respect.
When Black becomes less popular, maybe we can begin because we'll only have ourselves again.
@@Theohybrid well I know deep down we can since it's ours but I feel scared whenever I think of saying that's cultural appropriation or calling them out because I'm just gonna be told were being dramatic there's also a double standard when we wear braids vs other races
@@tionnajohnson8430Exactly right. And those double standards are right to acknowledge because it does happen. I think that thought that you are apprehensive means you're very mindful of the implications of speaking out. Arguments yield potential offense. But, they also breed healthy solutions because they are tested via questioning, trials, hypothesis. It's how theories are made.
However, if this wasn't an issue, it wouldnt be something you'd waste your time ruminating about. So it has to be important in some light to you.
The humble in heart will hear you and attempt to understand and the prideful wont or make excuses for their own bad to ignorant behavior.
No one should make excuses but if society urges then whatever problem befalls them; like the Karen epidemic, then that failure via ignorance and pride is all on them.
You cant force people to learn, grow, none a better person but you can try and educate people when the opportunity presents itself and only if that person wants to listen and is smart enough to understand that everyone doesn't share the same experience and must take your word for your own experiences.
While its understable to be afraid of such responses like that, know why you believe what you believe.
I think was Freud who said, " a good why can overcome any how'. ; or something like that.
You have the right to fight for what you believe is right and in turn have that contested via questioning.
That mumbled “capitalism’s almost exclusively about the individual” was just perfect. Great video, thanks for breaking all of this down with such clarity of analysis! Almost as clear as a...pure glass teacup?
You did a good job with integrating that. I made it hard for y'all lol
The WORK put into this, such an incredible digest of how history is continued to be intertwined with the present day. I started watching this around when you posted it and rewatched all the way through today. Incredible video, thank you for the new teacup
I’ll be honest, the arguments for the use of AAVE by non-black people being offensive never really made sense to me. I think because out of my own naivety and optimism I saw it as cultural diffusion and great cultural impact. For example, I thought it was great that black people literally create and change culture and are now getting more and more recognition and credit for that, so I was confused as to why people are upset. HOWEVER, I now realize after watching this video and reading comments that AAVE is not respected as a dialect, but rather meme-ified and downplayed as an internet fad/language. It all makes so much sense now and seriously thank you for this video and also everyone who commented expanding on the thoughts presented here! It’s like a lightbulb turned on lol
Also I would love to know how wee get recognized for it other than the replication and adaptation that’s regurgitated on our screens for profit.... real question 🤔
How do black ppl get “Credit for that”?
@@mogulambitionspodcast51 I suppose what I meant by that comment is that more and more people are recognizing that so much of what we do is rooted in black and African culture. Music. Fashion. Aesthetic. Does that mean that it is widely accepted by the masses and give credit where credit is due? No. Absolutely not. Albeit, as I said, I looked at it from a more optimistic point of view- because I’m allotted that freedom since I’m not black and living these experiences. This comment was meant to be transparent as I’m learning from people who share their experiences. So, I hope that this comment didnt come off as anything other than a humble attempt to learn more 😓
Also I should add that the original comment was specific to AAVE and the arguments of its usage by non-black people. I understand that there is still so much of black culture that is stolen.
@@bicycles-as-far-as-im-aliv5725 please see the comment I just replied to, I think it falls under the same question. I’m just trying to learn and be transparent about where my thoughts were versus where they are now.
The fact it never made sense to you at first is the problem.
I don’t see how it didn’t make sense to you in the first place, seeing as it’s as simple as just not using the things black people say leisurely while not supporting them in anything else. But you’ve seen the light now, girl, I guess.
Just found your channel from a recommendation from Tee Noir and am absolutely loving going through your backlog of videos, I'm learning so much and the amount of research... we love to see it. I raise my teacup to you!!
Same!
likewise ! :D
I third this emotion! As an academic who reads journal articles on the daily I love to see people bring dry academic papers to life, especially as they relate to such meaty topics!
@@BeautifulEarthJa same here! It also reminds me that reading academic essays isn’t enough, I need to practice what I learn in my daily life. And how I’m not above the “culture industry” either as much as I like to think I’m not
I'm not black, and no one told me anything, but with time I noticed the trend of (mostly) black gifs floating around, and the weird, almost mocking, usage of of even 'ordinary' people and gestures, and I decided to only use them if:
1. The gif would still be funny or 'relatable' if the person in question was white
2. It's the best gif for the situation / features a quote / just a person or character that I like
exactly
im mostly using simpsons or spaceballs gifs.. theres something for every situation O_O
@@joesiemoneit4145 and futurama gifs!
Its something I've noticed too, I've taken similar steps to check myself.
Yeah, kids literally just randomly take pictures of me sitting in the bus, thinking I don't notice. Others just come up to me and start saying "damn Daniel"; THE DANIEL GUY ISN'T EVEN BLACK, they just immediately associate the casual existence of a black person with memes😕🤨
when it comes to aave and black sign language we actually had a 3 day lesson on that in my asl 1-2 course my freshman year of high school! it was really interesting to learn about and hear how different and special it is to black groups. i found it really cool :]!!!
I think public schools should focus more on teaching regular asl, like I know a deaf girl who had a gun pulled on her in the ghetto because this moron thought she was throwing up gang signs and he refused to accept that she was deaf or that sign language was even a thing. I started TikTok and found several other deaf people who had similar stories.
@@kayne2889 yeah, i feel like ASL should be mandatory in schools
@@dahjiat.8562not that I wholeheartedly disagree but if it comes down to it you can always write on a piece of paper, as someone who works in customer service and doesn’t speak Spanish I encounter that problem much more than any deaf people. This is only accounting for the fact that we only are mandated to learn one language, I do think as a supplementary mandatory course it’d be helpful and very accommodating.
I had never thought to connect blackface/old racist black stereotypes to current memes! This is huge! It really helped me understand why some of these gifs made me feel uneasy.
A way that I try to combat this as a white woman is by going for a Leslie Knope or Liz Lemon GIF 9/10 generic white lady can capture what I'm getting at lol.
Also crazy blast from the past with Ebonics , wtff (im OLD)! Thanks again for your work and the super inviting learning environment that you create.
Yes! For me it’s Office memes since they are mostly white people who all have pretty animated facial expressions
It’s really not, this girl has legit no idea what she’s talking about
The girl who said the “a sis finna drown in these edges” went to my high school...weird when world’s collide 💀
what happened to her? 🤭
@@sarahdanielle12 I heard she’s been working as a nail tech and got nail glue in one of her eyes and went blind at one point allegedly?
But besides that I have no idea
@@kendallroseboro3441 omfg that’s nuts
@@kendallroseboro3441 Wait as in temporarily or permanently?
@@Cat-rr3ey I’m not sure, I heard accounts of it being temporary and permanently (allegedly) but I haven’t verified
Also I've always felt that,as a Black woman I've always felt like non white people had certain expectations of how I was going to "perform" (i.e what my personality was going to be like) and when they discovered that I'm not a caricature or a walking talking meme, but a soft spoken wallflower it's as if they're disappointed. Eventually they stop paying me any mind. I've always felt like this has intensified with the usage of black people in memes and gifs by literally every non black youtuber. This bleeds into real like and Black people are ecpected to entertain, and be side characters in other people's lives. I'm glad you spilled the tea cause it never sat right with me the amount of black memes and gigs being used today. Im glad it jas a name put to it. Loved this video! 🍵 ❤
Yaaasss so true!!
THIS! 👏🏾👏🏾
I love this comment! So true, I'd go to parties with a white friend and they'd expect me to twerk, or bust out some Beyonce dance routine LoL when I did my lil two step they were disappointed. So weird
We were just talking about this 2 weeks ago on twitter. Black people are not allowed to be introverts at work and we're expected to be bubbly/life of the party vitamins who brighten everyone's day
@@Justme-vi6sc I can see that very thing playing out in my life. (I’m not black btw) but I’ve literally watched, jaw hitting the effing floor, while weirdos have accosted a friend of mine (total strangers btw) like expecting her to talk to and dance with them. It’s freaking weird, people need to Stop, its really gross.
*raises teacup in awe* Wow. This was so informative. You’re an incredible scholar. Your scripts are so well crafted and insightful while somehow also making me laugh and cry in the span of a few minutes. You’re a fantastic story teller. Thank you for your channel and all that you do 💙
I appreciate this video a lot!! I've always felt off about the white people around me (and myself) using AAVE, but incorrectly, as "Gen Z language," and you made the context of that more clear to me. Can't wait to watch more from you!
Yes seriously I’ve noticed that too how we call it slang or gen Z instead of acknowledging we took it from black culture
"Little E was cruising and some dudes were roasting his socks off, which made him big mad, so some big mamma bears came and made the squad din din." - Some white dudes with braided hair and cultural African hats "Gen Z" translation of 2 Kings 2 23-24.
I have heard it as mainstream slang as well and was targeted by popular youtubers who happen to be white and have a sense of superiority and thus use the terms mockingly.
Its lowkey shade and mildly annoying.
@@ragabashmoon1551 Gosh, not the scripture! 😱😱😱😭😭😩😩😩😩😩
you need more viewers, your vibe is immaculate 😭😭
she gon' build! she's not a year old (the channel) so I expect big things in her future! got to get D'Angelo and some others to shout her out like Tee Noir did so she can be fruitful and multiply followers :D
I always interpreted the Nick Young one to be an intelligent person who just got slapped in the face with someone else’s stupidity or ignorance, and the face he makes is him attempting to unravel all the layers of nonsense. Maybe I’m just using it wrong.
Teacup
Yeah, that's a really good way to put how I always interpreted it as well. Came scrolling through the comments to see if I was alone in this. Now I know there are at least 2 of us.
It's good for me to be aware of the alternate interpretation anyhow of course - it had just never occurred to me.
The stupidity decoder...
Same. I never thought he was being he stupid. He just saw some dumb shit and was confused by the bullshit !
Same
@@SamNPowers all of the people I know (including me) interpret it that way lol
As a white Australian woman digital blackface and imagined black English is the predominant way we are exposed to African American culture, never knowing how wrong morally and factually it is. I’m so glad I found your content, you bring an authentic and honest (and funny) voice to counter this problem, and illustrate how important it is to have and support African American content creators.
I really loved this! Made me think about how I as a Mexican women participate in these memes and gifts and not once thought about it!! Time to make drink some tea in my teacup;)
me pasó lo mismo, saludos hermana mexicana🌸
Saludos desde puerto rico!
Thank you, not only for the really thoughtful and informative video essay, but for being vulnerable about your mental health struggles.
I struggle with depression a lot and I'm trying to be more transparent about my struggles and I feel a little less alone and and a little less scared to be honest about my life when I see other people being vulnerable about mental health struggles too.
And conveniently, a coping mechanism I used those rough months was drinking tea out of my mom's favorite fancy teacup before bed.
Thanks again.
Oml I didn’t know that there was an issue with AAVE and nonblack ppl using. You opened my eyes to what my friends did around me, talked to me about, and how they literally changed their personality while around me. I like to see educated black queens like you. You are a really a good role model for thx
Thanks!
As soon as I see a Black woman in my recommended I click no matter the title. Anytime a BW is in my recs it's a point for us!
Let me ask you this. Is it okay to talk in a valley girl accent?
@@thearcadegamer8128 Are you lost?
@@PortraitofAsha LMAOA
@@thearcadegamer8128 it’s not exclusive to anyone, I mean really you can be raised in LA and be of any background. Just say you have white fragility and move on
@@pastelpepe 😂
As a Nigerian guy living in the UK, I made it my business to really pay attention to the Western world, from colonization to religion and the effects of it, I thought I knew a lot but after listening to you, I feel I have so much to learn. I am an undergraduate with a degree in film studies, unfortunately the only one in my entire family history to get to this level as they are all very religious and base their entire knowledge on that. I have been deprived of some intellectual conversations for much of my life, I thoroughly enjoy your videos☕
If you have the time, what are some of your favorite films and filmmakers?
*standing f*cking ovation*
My God. The way you ate this up. I mean... My GOD. I nearly shouted when you started talking about “linguistic minstrelsy.” This is such a well done analysis of the digital blackface phenomenon that I... I have no critiques. Every head on every nail was hit. I applaud thee. And the end when you basically addressed the intention vs impact of non-black folk engaging in digital blackface. I literally need to gather myself and my thoughts to formulate a proper reply because my intellectual teacup runneth ovah. In short: you did that.
If everyone had one teacup of this woman's intellect, insightfulness and respect for other human beings, the world would be richer for it. Cheers to you! 🍵
she said what needed to be said. their obsession with us is really weird.
update: I really enjoyed this one and would love to hear more about AAVE as a dialect of English cause, yeah, it's a legit language. as an African Black woman in Canada, I'm fluent in Black culture and AAVE but at the same time, I respectfully take part as an outsider (not someone who assumes and demands access to African American cultures). my teacup is ready 😉
11:19 ... and that's why he has no edges. I've been silently flaming all of these wh*te supremacists as they pop up on my screen; thought I'd share the joy 😇
Okay I’m dying at the edges comment” and one of the videos I have planned for January/February is going to actually be about “talking white” and what that even means. So AAVE will pop up in there for sure!!
this is such a good point! I am Jamaican so I am outsider to AAVE altho I do use it (sparingly) when I'm on twitter mixing up with the global blacks lol
what is up with all the "edgy" white cis teens making very racists tiktoks?
like there are so many it is honestly shocking. Like you could fill thousands of teacups with the amount of racism.
The main reason why I don’t have the bitch, tik tok was always stupid to me
@@Y2KFroggyAngel I just watch like LGBTQ+ tiktoks on youtube cause like that app is kinda gross
good use of teacup
Privilege and lack of accountability is what's up 💨
I guess they need a gentle education on empathy.
Man as a Canadian I’ve never learned of the history of minstrelsy, it’s disgusting they always hide this shit from us. Also amazing video, thank you for such a good breakdown of this phenomenon!
Oh yeah I bettcha they do teach you that in your schools
@@FemcelSims what?
@I am a strawberry I can kinda agree. I’ve been to many different schools across Canada and they very much teach a lot of how they wronged and what happened with the native Americans in Canada, but like the less gruesome side so they do still make is seem like less of an issue that what it was. And they do talk about our history with racism but waaaay less across board they focus more on the America was worse and we where a shelter for them. But it’s definitely different than what I hear about how in America they some times straight up don’t even talk about it at all. Again I haven’t been to every school ever but I’ve been to many schools in different provinces so I’ve seen a few curriculums. And Canada is 100% just as racist as America tbh
As someone who's in the canadian public school system right now, it's not in the curriculum
Oh wait til you hear about Canada's imperialism and turning away jewish people during the holocaust 🙃
Thank you for synthesizing all of your research to share with us!
tea cuuuuup, also THANK YOU
Yes all the tea was on the table ☕️
Whoa, clicked on a random video and found someone else I like! The internet is huge but small at the same time.
I bet a lot of ppl didn't finish this video bc they were scared to not be able to use these memes anymore lmao
@@LemonDropYum ya.. hilarious. Using kids for adult entertainment to further perpetuate systemic oppression & r.acist stereotypes. "Thats what youd call an uncle buck" no. He was 4yrs old. They dont understand romance or sexual relationships. They thought it was ok to use him to preform for your entertainment. So every other adult could laugh at him. You think thats funny? I wonder why they didnt exploit a child of their own race. You literally got nothing from this.. That child will remember what happened to him for the rest of his life. You get to continue remembering him as a living breathing joke. You see nothing wrong about it? & No. Nobody is going to call or perceive their child, baby brother, nephew, anybody as some racial stereotype dictated by another race. Would you think its funny to have your baby being used as the brunt of a racist "joke"? Shame on you
I'll tip my teacup to that
@Spectre when u wonder why racism or any problems relating to race wont stop happening, i hope u reflect on yourself. you are a part of the problem.
@Spectre
this is one of the most ignorant statements i have ever read. im not even gonna bother explaining whats wrong with this, i cant change the mind of someone who's so adamant that they're "in the right."
@Spectre not even a snowflake. and the “paint on the face” means a lot more than just paint. it has historical roots & is a way used to mock & stereotype black people for many, MANY years. but ofc someone as uneducated, close-minded & ignorant as you wouldnt bother to do any research. dont call me a snowflake because i’m “taking things too seriously” because it IS something serious.
This topic reminds me of why I felt uncomfortable back when UA-cam was just getting started and there were UA-cam channels that took black people being on the news because something bad happened to them out of context and turning it into a funny song. I think the channel was called schmoyo and all of their content was making autotuned songs from out of context news that mostly consisted of poor black people. The most famous examples are the "I ain't got time for this" and "hid your kids and your wife". I found it really fucked up that people were laughing at a man protecting his sister from a guy who broke in and tried to to rape his sister (Antoine Dodson).
Never realized how bad those videos are. I enjoyed them when I was younger (Like, a literal child) but I'm glad I've grown enough to listen to black people and understand why I should take a critical eye to popular trends.
We learn more as we grow up. I was a freshman in college when that came out and I never saw that as an issue.
I really dont remember schmoyoho being focused on black people's clips. They made viral clips into songs. The ones you mention, when I heard the songs - specially the Antoine Dodson one - they felt like an anthem for them, not a mockery.
Btw he came back to Schmoyoho like 10 years later for a re-edit of the song. He looks like he's doing well.
Also, I was in high school when those videos were popular and while not all of that UA-cam channel's content was out of context stuff happening to black people specifically, I remember that when people laughed both at school and online they were clearly laughing at the way that the people featured in the clips spoke which was AAVE. I think most people didn't know the original context also and their first exposure was to the out of context clips. I didn't find out the original context until later but its still uncomfortable knowing that non black people and some black people still like laughing at and making fun of AAVE. People weren't laughing at the context because they didn't know it but the way that the black people on those clips spoke and came off. Unfortunately a lot of people like making fun of men with feminine mannerisms like Antoine and the way that older black woman speak when they are upset like the woman whose house burned down who is nicknamed
Sweet Brown. I also laughed at first but something felt off after I thought about and saw people's reactions especially when those two clips were the ones that went the most viral at the time compared to the clips with different content and context.
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Thank thank thank you for making this. Thank you for all of the emotional and intellectual labor you did and are so freely passing on in this video essay. I’m a white woman, I thought I understood or had a grasp of what digital blackface was, I did not. I’m gonna be passing this to some of my white friends for our anti racism discussions. I’m excited to share this information because it’s an opportunity to do less harm, regardless of intent, intent don’t mean shit. This is a super deep subject matter, I have immense gratitude and respect for you doing all of this legwork 🙏🏼
Edit: if it’s okay w you, I’d like to pass this to some of my white friends and associates to watch when doing anti racism work.
I don't think she'll have an issue with you sharing her video, UA-camrs often encourage viewers to share their content
Coming from a STEM background I definitely did not take enough college courses that discussed topics like this. I am learning so much so thank you. Love your videos!
_The weather is gonna be TURNT_ has killed me and I have left this mortal plane goodbye
When you finished the video with "I talk too much" at 39:01 I got so sad..... u just spent so much of your time and energy articulating a hugely important topic. We chose to watch until the end, don't discredit your flawless work like that!
I can totally relate to so many thing you mentioned here. As a latina living in London I face moments where white folks/gals want to mimic my way of talking "latina dramatica".... becuase it is so "rea" and it somehow made me uncorfortable :( I didn't even l know why but today! I am so greatful of people that take the time to educate me. Specially with such insight and sources. I fucking appreciate it!
As a Jamaican, my parents always used “pickaninny” as a synonym for “child” 💀💀i am.... speechless
A lot of terms take on different meaning in different contexts. Uncle Tom and Topsy were created as abolitionist (anti-slavery) characters before the minstrel shows got a hold of them. My googling indicates that the term originally came from the West Indies and means infant or child. So I think it's more a case of your parents were using it right. Minstrel shows were sinister because they repurposed and gave a negative spin to some real cultural elements beyond the dark makeup.
Honestly I have to catch myself sometimes because I know the origins but I’ve just heard it all my life
I think I saw an episode on Shark Tank where a woman had a child fashion line called pickanniny. She was shocked to find out some might see it as racist. To her it was just their local slang for kids
I've always been confused what's the difference between Cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, like how can people just claim one for the other and everybody can just argue otherwise. *Thank you for educating about how appropriation comes from idiocrasy and appreciation is the acknowledgement and love for the history of once culture.*
Can I use that last part forever? It really clearly explains the difference
Ma’am I am obsessed with you and your content ❤️ THANK YOUR FREE KNOWLEDGE
yaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssss! lol. My inner sapo is really loving this channel too!
Good education. Thanks for the sources!
um,,,okay sis, go off then. i was honestly expecting a video on “influencers” like nikita dragun and shane dawson doing blackface during their careers, but miss khadija just gave me more information than i would get in history class. and “white plagiarism”? the term is just- so insanely accurate. i subscribed. point blank period. no other reason needed. sis just filled my teacup (i watched) with more of the hidden history of america. i love this. i wish you a good day.
“Anything black people owned, including the words that came out of their mouth, they didn’t even own.” This!!!🙌🏾. People to this day still feel entitled to the Black race. We are treated like property instead of the human beings we are. Slavery might’ve ended but there are a lot of people who still believe black people are not human beings but property. And I believe this mindset subconsciously still lives in MOST non black people, today.
It's through that, and what she went onto say about those things later being used to make money, is how I finally 'got' why it's so crucial for the black communities aesthetic and dialect to be exclusive, and why there's such uproar to it being used as digital currency by non-black UA-camrs, tiktokers, etc - Because that's what slavery was founded on.
@Angel Morris Haha, reminds me of the body language me and my husband developed - we can have entire conversations with slight facial expressions - I'll forget and do it with others and they just stare at me like, "How does that stroke taste?". On the code switching thing.. I assumed everyone did that, to varying degrees? I hated walking into the office and suddenly having to adopt an entirely different personality, accent, etc - but then I was fostered by a Trinidadian family, so I still have a lot of mannerisms. After the second employer called me 'aggressive', my 'work personality' was born - an inauthentic me that I hated having to be. I didn't speak any differently to my friends - we all spoke with the same energy - But I learned that white people didn't communicate like that, and it was deemed 'aggressive' in comparison. Of course it's a dialect, and should be treated with the same respect as other dialects, any ignorant who says otherwise isn't worthy of your time nor energy. Educate and dismiss. ;)
@@silkshakes I’m white, but I’m autistic - and in the autistic community, we use the term “masking” to denote suppressing our socially unacceptable autistic traits (usually to the point of mental and emotional exhaustion) to appear more palatable to neurotypical society. Essentially, the idea is that everyone masks to some extent - but autistic masking is a notable phenomenon due to the sheer extent to which we have to do it. I’ve also been hearing about code-switching from black people on my social media - and it’s really making me think about the relationship between the ways black people create new and more palatable/“white” personalities for themselves and my own experiences as someone who masks frequently. For me, it really seems to reinforce the idea that a neurotypical society is a white society, is a cishet society, is a culturally Christian society, etc etc - though I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (especially those who are both black and autistic).
@@neighbourhoodegglet3231 Hm you raise some interesting points. How would it feel to not have to mask? What could you lose or gain from doing so?
@@silkshakes For me, some masking is conscious and some is quite deeply ingrained into me (from internalised ableism + bad experiences socialising with others lol), so it would be difficult in some ways to fully “unmask”. However, being around people who I can somewhat be myself around (eg. family and close friends) is a freeing experience to say the least. As a white person, however, while the risks of social ostracisation/being othered by those around me are very real, my impression is that unmasking is not quite dangerous for me in the way it is for non-white (and especially black) autistic people. Police brutality statistics are alarmingly high even among disabled people in general (let alone black disabled people) - with a common line of logic being “they’re making strange movements/they look strange => they’re on drugs (or some other racially motivated bs conclusion) => restrain them”. I hope I could answer your questions in some way :)
It sucks because this "imagined black english" pops into my head all the time as a reaction because i'm in such a habit of hearing it and seeing it! but come on it's honestly not that much work to just check yourself and your immediate reactions to shit if you're not black but you're having this "imagined black" emotions and phrases coming to your tongue or your post all the time.
the connections here were CRAZY!!!! i really enjoyed this video, I'm glad I brought my teacup.
“BLACKNESS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN OWN” ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏾✊🏿
feels like your teacup is overflowing with knowledge
This is my first official exposure to the topic of digital blackface, and it made me realize how pervasive it was. Great video!
Teacup.
I watched this back when it came out and am returning to rewatch because its so good. It guided me to be more aware of what I do online; what I say, what I GIF. It isn't your responsibility to teach me about this, but I appreciate that I was able to learn this from you. Thanks for this and all your amazing videos.
I didn't understand how using gifs featuring people of color was blackface before you explained that it furthers stereotypes. Thank you
Same here. I will definitely be more mindful moving forward!
Agreed. Having the cultural context of minstrel show stereotypes is also incredibly helpful so that I won't accidentally perpetuate them.
It's not
@Cheeto Licker no kidding. It’s no wonder why so many people are avoiding black people; who wants to walk around eggshells all the time? But I have to pay for this woman’s nonsense 😒
Was LITERALLY just talking to my white friend how offensive it is that she used black emojis mindlessly 🙄🙄
You’re 👏🏽 awesome 👏🏽
☕️ 🍵 🫖 teeeeaacuuuppp
Why would your friend do that? This is stupid as fuck. XD
@shrek's jizz um how long was she a trumpian? Until jan 6th of this year? Cause that will impact how you should bring this up to your friend
I have a Friend who does the same 🙄
I always considered the Nick Young meme to be saying all the people around him are dumb and he's dumbfounded by their stupidity. But I see how context can create a different impression, this is a very interesting video.
I love this! It never sat right with me how people laugh at the expense of Black women online especially on Twitter. Idk Something about creating caricatures out of stereotypes to mock and laugh at as if they’re the joke seems pretty strange to me. Especially considering these stereotypes are often just derogatory misassumptions about ALL Black peoples and cultures created from Eurocentric superiority and disregards the many vast rich Black cultures.
I really hate how Black women are treated and I feel like it desensitizes people who see it. Like in 2010 when people were doing imitations online of Black women just existing. What was probably a joke within the community led to non Black people doing it as well and making fun of girls for being ghetto, ratchet and being less than others which fully encouraged this mindset that its ok to mock Black woman to the point that people were ripping off wigs and weaves! Of strangers..! as a joke.?! and laughing at the mortified women being at being humiliated. And people thought it was ok! I remember because I was like 12, I didn’t know better I thought nothing of it when I saw it. I should have known better but because it was normalized people didn’t stop to think about the people being made fun of and the implications.
I mention this because when you said it was being made to feel like even your words were owned like property, it hit hard and is such a perfect analogy for why the black fishing in media is not ok.
The desensitization in media for years has created entitlement to misuse AAVE, make fun of Black women as humour and having a Black online persona through memes etc because people think they own it. I have seen videos and there are hilarious talented Black entertainers. But I’m not laughing at how to act talk dress. Im not laughing at a person. I’m laughing because the jokes being said are hilarious and would still be funny if someone else said it without AAVE.
Appropriation is so bad because it’s superficial inaccuracies that is then misused due to not caring about respecting source culture. It’s then nitpicked from the Eurocentric viewpoint and aspects that they deem acceptable are kept and stolen as an aesthetic with both the meaning and the rest of the culture discarded.
For insight on me I’m Nehiyaw-ak, Plains Cree Indigenous so let’s just say I know too well the frustrations of appropriation. Especially being made to feel ashamed and that your culture and people are uncivilized and lazy. Only for Becky to turn around and use that culture for her hair except now it’s ok because she said so. I’m also Japanese(which is cringe when fetishized)
With digital black face people build this whole identity that’s a lie. Which annoys me especially white gays stealing slang from Black LGBT people, who have it harder in the community only for the white gays to steal Black language for themselves while having the audacity to make these claim it’s for the gays while creating the most exclusive unwelcoming spaces for poc in the community.
Anyways sorry for the essay to whoever if anyone reads this lol this video provoked my thoughts and so I wrote them down
Okay you are looking way too deep into this. People use memes of people of all races. I mean have you not seen how many people use memes of the song Xue hua piao piao or Ching cheng hanji. Or of people like Honey Boo-Boo or Dr. Phil. When I use a meme of Egg man I’m not trying to put on a persona of being a Chinese man, I’m just using it to express an emotion or mood that I can’t put into words. People using memes of Black people aren’t laughing at them or anything, it’s just because they are popular at the moment or just feel like they fit their mood. Trust me, I’m a few years they won’t be popular and people are going to move on to another person. Plus with AAVE slang, people only use that at the moment because it’s popular, after they will stop using it and move onto another term. Also with people going around and ripping off Black women’s wigs and weaves, citation needed. Lastly your point about cultural appropriation, sorry that’s not a thing. People have been doing that for thousands of years. Japanese culture for example has been appropriating from Chinese culture for thousands of years, it’s how humans have progressed to where we are today. Plus this video isn’t that good, especially since she describes most of the memes incorrectly and was very blatantly racist to most of the Black people they featured.
Digital black face is literally “how can I be offended by something today”black face on the internet is bad but that’s just black face, however using emojis and photoshopping people as black ain’t nothing
In the beginning when you were talking about the history of blackface you mentioned the portrayal of black women by black men. I know the pitchforks and torches will come out, but please talk about this, it's become a subculture on it's own. I think white men also do it to some extent.
Tee noir has a video about this topic
nah cause it’s the non black people saying “whew chile” for me
@ the people making jokes like "I thought it was pronounced chil-ay".... then that's a sign it's not for you!
ONG, like?? Huh? Wdf did you think you did miss ma'am?? I hate when they use stuff incorrectly, like don't say things you don't understand.
I LITERALLY ALMOST HAD A STROKE SOMEONE SAID IT WAS "CHEE-LAY". like if you even for a second thought chile was pronounced like that you shoulda NEVER even tried using it.
@@bitchwormpuddin1499 AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! It also means they have never listened to black media, they dont hang around black people...they're just posers.
Actually, i always stumbled upon this type of comments in the K-POP community for example, the fans will leave some comments “Periodt queen!, Sike, Hella” and some other stuff like that towards their favourite group in a funny way. I’m so thankful to Khadija and other black youtubers for making this content because it’s an eye opening to me!
As a nonblack person the bare minimum we should do is be mindful.
Yes I as an indigenous man will be mindful of when I use an Oprah meme because I should be considerate that I might be offloading my emotional labour onto a billionaire, and we can’t have that can we.
Even though you aren’t the teachers teaching me in school, you teach me way more then they do. I’m only 15 but I learn something new every time I watch your videos!💗
I have to be honest, this video brought up a whole lot of difficult feelings for me to deal with, but I think that's a good thing. These topics SHOULD be difficult, they SHOULD make us uncomfortable, because change can only result FROM discomfort. If we are comfortable with the status quo, we will never change it. If we do not question the beliefs we hold or the actions we partake in, we can never identify them as harmful and work to make them better. Thank you for making me think more critically about myself and my place in society, I guess, is what I'm saying. I've got a lot to reflect on now, and I appreciate that.
Teacup. I couldn't think of a good way to work it into what I wanted to say naturally.
This, is what makes you feel uncomfortable? Wait until you learn about other issues regarding racism and a like, this video's barely a tip of the iceberg 🤣😂
@@sebastianfeuerstein9306 Yes, this DOES make me uncomfortable specifically BECAUSE it is so subtle. Other, more overt or obvious forms of racist behaviour are easier to identify, or they have been covered by other creators before so I'm more familiar with them and understand better how to recognize and correct for them. This is something I'd never considered, and something that would be easy to miss in ordinary social situations, and the fact THAT I hadn't considered it is whence my discomfort stems. Hope that helps elucidate things, thanks for your input!
@@ShatteredPsyche yeah, this kind of racism isn't obvious and I'd argue that it's the most problematic. Researching and talking to your poc friends can help you learn more about racism (subtle or otherwise) in all its forms, there's quite a lot to it, a lot!
“White people and non-Black folks using Black gifs/memes to express their emotions becomes a way of outsourcing their emotional labor on Black bodies” MISS MA’AM 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wow! what a word 💯
you can see it from the harassment of tabitha brown in the summer
All of the weird non-blacks who use profile pics of us make me *uncomfy*. Especially the weird brads who use the n-word in their usernames
oh god we've come to the point of "gif featuring black people are racist!!!"
this is absurd. Of course in 2021 gifs are racist lmao.
Despite the fact the same gifs can be found with black people.
But sure, black people is gifs is racism now LMAO
stay tuned for next step: "looking towards a black person is racism"
@@EveTheRaviolo did...... did you watch the video??
To everyone who needs replacements for reactionary gifs, I’d recommend opossums and raccoons
Oh so now your going after animals?
And I dont need any replacements I can use whatever gif I want
Thank you 💜
@Elegant Oprah if you look at his subscription it's mostly black girls. He probably has a fetish and doesn't want to be called out for it
@Elegant Oprah For fuck sake not everything is about rasicm. You guys are petty as hell. The world doesn't revolve around you and I do not have an obsession. Im also subscribed to other channels that aren't black creators.
I remember reading aave on Twitter and thinking it was quite literally Internet slang that everyone used, I'm also European so I had no idea about the existence of aave until last year when I read a post about it and stopped using it altogether. The same applied to digital blackfaces and all of these caricatures of black people. Thank you so much for explaining all of this in depth, it gave me a better perspective.
As a linguist, I don't think the shape of their teeth would have a huge effect on enslaved people's dialect of English. It is true that certain diets can make populations have teeth that over many generations may make it less likely to use bilabial fricatives than labiodental fricatives, but I doubt that's what happened with AAVE (which actually has labiodental fricatives, not bilabial ones.) The phonological changes of AAVE are very consistent with the type of phonological changes seen in other English based creoles, or even other varieties of English in general.
Hello I only have 4 brain cells, can you explain what you said but like for dumb
@@christinaguilfoy100 so bilabial fricative and labiodental fricative are terms to describe how our mouths make certain sounds. labial means lip, so bilabial means both lips. labiodental means lip+teeth. fricative is a word that describes how the sound happens. consider the different between saying the sound "P" and the sound "F". P is a stop, it can't really continue. whereas "F" you can stretch out. That's what a fricative is, a sound that continues (and that's formed by friction between two areas of your mouth. "B" and "P" are examples of bilabial sounds - we use both our top and bottom lips. "V" and "F" are labiodentals - we use our bottom lip and top teeth. What the above person was pointing out was that some dialects do have a tendency towards using the bilabial sounds if diets change teeth, but since AAVE has labiodental sounds, it's probably not as big of an issue as one might think. They also point out that the sound change (ie phonological change) in AAVE have similarities with other developed dialects of English. I hope this helps!
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I want to thank you for this content, especially for the knowledge and awareness you have imparted on my 17 year old granddaughter. She was so enthralled by your presentation that she quoted verbatim much of what she learned. I subscribed because of her recommendation and learned a lot (even tho I have studied and lived much of our history). I anticipate many more conversations with her discussing your content at a later date. Now I must finish my teacup evening blend and get some shuteye. Blessings to you, Khadiia Mbowe.
This is an extremely kind, comforting, and blessed comment.
My pleasure, young sister. Keep up the good work! ✊🏽
Wow...they call Nicki Minaj memes and slang gen z lingo but she's a millennial 🌚as a gen z-er i find it very offensive when humans of other races exploit our lingo then rebrand it as "new aged gen z slang"...like bomboclatt from Jamaica...dude thats literally the equivalent of f**k in America 😬😒
I think Bomboclatt is even worse swear word than the F word. Even some Jamaicans find the Bomboclatt word too explicit.
@@ade3050 my point exactly and they just throw it around like wdr (Guyanese slang there👈)
I’m Jamaican and in England specifically London they’ve adopted patois as “slang”
@@sunnyquan9540 shameful💁
@@sunnyquan9540 I grew up in London, oh 20 years ago, (Trinidadian foster family) and had black, white, and asian friends growing up. Patois was peppered among slang even then - we all spoke the lighter aspects of patois, but didn't question it because its so deeply assimilated into London culture. Usually the non-black ones knew not to say ras/bombaclat, whablow/whagwan, etc because its obviously patois, but we spoke the lighter words like seen, safe, tic. It was only in watching Jamaican films that I recognised most of the 'slang' I spoke as being exclusively patois.
This was such a well made video, I don't personally use gifs other than amine and animal ones, but some AAVE has 100% entered my lexicon because of media and memes. It's so easy to not think about it, our where the words might have come from thanks to the distance from ppl the internet creates.
'm a Canadian but grew up in other countries. Came back to Canada in my 20s, and I've been trying to learn about the history of Canada's treatment towards indigenous people, but I've not heard about that history of blackface. Thank you for including that section of history, I wish I had learned about it sooner.
"it's y'all city, I just live here" made me almost as sad as the rest of the video made me mad. Incredible video!
I appreciate the historical context and food for thought. More than a teacup full of knowledge here. As a librarian, I always like to see people cite their sources while putting their own spin on a topic. I will check out more of Khadija's work.
I used to work with a white woman who always said the most back-handed-compliment-but-actually-racist things, then used brown emojis. It always pissed me off. You can't be a racist then pose as brown for fun.