Later, I emigrated to the U.S. to teach linguistics at Wayne State University and began researching and teaching what academics call African American Vernacular English, or the everyday speech of ...

One of the toughest transitions Kyla Jenée Lacey endured in her life was when her family moved from diverse Chicago to Winter Springs, Fla., a predominantly White city about 30 minutes north of ...

Slang doesn’t form in a vacuum—music drives it. Many rap slang terms come from African American Vernacular English (AAVE), ...

(CNN) — Adding a word to the dictionary has long been a sign of mainstream legitimacy. And in the latest batch added to Dictionary.com, the online dictionary has included multiple African American ...

Mina has been playing video games for her whole life. She hails from Virginia in the USA, and she loves cozy games, FPSs, MMOs, and puzzle games. She lives in Richmond with her husband and her kitty, ...

Rachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter has apologized for using African-American Vernacular English during an October 13 YouTube stream after being alerted by a knowledgeable moderator. Valkyrae moved to ...

Another resource for Black linguistics is on the way. In the next few years, we will have the Oxford Dictionary of African American English. According to The New York Times, this new dictionary is a ...

It’s just another example of how African American Vernacular English (AAVE) has become trendy with non-Black people It’s the vibrancy and authenticity of Black culture that attracts appropriators, who ...

Teen pop star Olivia Rodrigo on a recent visit to the White House — where, one expert noted, she did not speak with a "blaccent," as she has on social media. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ...

While the term has been used as an ableist slur in numerous situations, and is considered derogatory in the United Kingdom among other places, it does not have the same connotations in African ...