A viral speech by YouTuber Xiaoma sparked backlash for using AAVE under the label “Gen Alpha slang,” raising questions of cultural erasure.

Ebonics, a fusion of the words "ebony" and "phonics," refers to African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as its own language. (The term itself is contested in the field; Troutman chooses to use ...

What is Woke? The term “woke” originates from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), where it initially meant being ...

AI Shows Deep-Seated Bias Against African American Vernacular A new study shows that large language models like ChatGPT have biases, including stereotypes against African American English speakers.

Tracey Weldon, who worked as a linguist in higher education for nearly 30 years, said African American Vernacular English shares certain features like multiple negation ("she ain’t got no money ...

Why Black Americans feel compelled to code-switch at work Workplaces have become more inclusive since George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis in 2020 sparked a national reckoning.

African American Vernacular English, or Black American English, is one of America's greatest sources of linguistic creativity, and Black Twitter especially has played a pivotal role in how words ...

Furthermore, the language we’ve been taught isn’t ours— so we’ve taken the language we were taught and made it our own via AAVE (African American Vernacular English).” ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Do you say pop, soda, or coke when talking about a carbonated beverage? Chances are depending on where you live could affect how you respond when asking for a drink and that ha… ...

Oxford University Press has announced a large-scale study that will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, the brainchild of historian Henry Louis Gates that will focus on ...

Promised Land (n.): A place perceived to be where enslaved people and, later, African Americans more generally, can find refuge and live in freedom.