Denise Troutman was teaching at Bennett College in North Carolina when she came across an article titled "Black English" in Psychology Today. It was that moment years ago when she decided it was time ...

Lizzo slams white people for picking up African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and bashing Black people, the originators, for using it. She called for it to be gatekept. The “About Damn Time” ...

Lizzo calls out white people for using, and demonizing AAVE, and urges the Black community to start gatekeeping their language. Lizzo has had enough of cultural appropriation. The singer went to ...

How African American Vernacular English has shaped our country’s language and culture. African American Vernacular English has shaped the rhythm of our country’s language and culture for decades. Yet ...