Pokimane apologizes after backlash for using AAVE language in Twitch stream title Instagram\/pokimanelolPokimane has apologized for using AAVE (African American Vernacular English) in the title of her August 19 Twitch stream. Fans called her out, claiming she was \u201cmocking\u201d the dialect form. Pokimane is the latest social media personality to spark controversy over the use AAVE. Olivia Rodrigo was slammed by Twitter users back in July for adopting a \u2018blaccent\u2019 and using phrases such as \u201cI be trending.\u201d Non-black celebrities are regularly pulled up for their use of the dialect. Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande and Awkwafina have all come under the firing line. Pokimane apologizes for AAVE language Pokimane titled her August 19 stream \u201con God for real for real? It\u2019s bussin bussin (sic) in here.\u201d The caption included laughing and fire emojis. Fans responded with criticism on Twitter. User @hotdemonwitch posted a screenshot of the title, captioning it \u201cstop.\u201d They later clarified their position, saying \u201cI posted this because the title felt mocking and others believed it was offensive.\u201d The streamer Tweeted an apology on August 20: \u201cWanted to apologize if I overused AAVE\u2026 today.\u201d Pokimane admitted she \u201cwasn\u2019t aware that some of those terms were AAVE.\u201d She concluded, \u201clove to those who bought it to my attention!\u201d sorry for late night tweet but wanted to apologize if i overused aave in my twitch title today, was not aware that some of those terms were aave & didn\u2019t mean it in a mocking way whatsoever. trying to change the vod title too \ud83d\ude42 much love to those who brought it to my attention! \u2014 imane \ud83d\udc9c (@imane) August 20, 2021 As more people are conflating AAVE with \u201cGen-Z slang\u201d or \u201cinternet speak,\u201d what actually is AAVE? Why do fans think it\u2019s important to know the difference? What is AAVE? African American Vernacular English pre-dates Gen-Z and the internet as a whole. AAVE originated in the US\u2019 Black community, and was shaped by \u201cthe process of second language acquisition.\u201d Many people within the Black community still use AAVE today. Videos of celebrities such as Nicki Minaj and NeNe Leakes have previously gone viral for their use of the dialect. This has lead to widespread usage of AAVE on the internet in the form of memes, including \u201cchile, anyways.\u201d pokimane mocking aave in her stream title as a joke having had used the n slur is unsettling, and she misuses aave all the time talking too pic.twitter.com\/CEk6nvcmtH \u2014 xuan \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@newjeans0) August 19, 2021 Twitter users and academics have commented on how this can be \u201cproblematic.\u201d While Black people have been mocked for using AAVE, many others have branded it a \u201cGen-Z trend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane apologizes after backlash for using AAVE language in Twitch stream title Instagram\/pokimanelolPokimane has apologized for using AAVE (African American Vernacular English) in the title of her August 19 Twitch stream. Fans called her out, claiming she was \u201cmocking\u201d the dialect form. Pokimane is the latest social media personality to spark controversy over the use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}