(06-17-2021, 03:43 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Sigh.

Much of our slang comes from the Black community. Not acknowledging that perpetuates racism. (msn.com)

"Last month, "Saturday Night Live" aired a skit written by Michael Che titled "Gen Z Hospital" where the premise was to mock words like "bestie," "sis" and "bruh" and attributed the terms as Gen Z language."

Apparently those are black language words. 

I've heard and used the words bestie and sis since I learned how to talk and associate them with my sister and my best friend. So now you're telling me these are black language words and I'm appropriating black language and not respecting black people if I use them? Or is this a social media/public platform issue and I can say what I want in my private conversations?

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