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Published: Oct. 20, 2020, 7 a.m.

Acting White is one of the most negative accusations one Black adolescent can hurl at another. Embedded in ethnic/racial identity (ERI), acting White has nothing to do with wanting to be White and everything to do with what does it mean to be Black. This unknowingly is labeling Black vernacular as ghetto, unrefined and improper while labeling proper and clear English as cleaner, good and more acceptable. In popular culture, it is largely misunderstood, and thought of as "bad English," "ebonics" (originally coined in 1973 by someone with good intentions, from "ebony" and "phonics," but now starting to become a slur), "ghetto talk" (definitely a slur), and the "blaccent\u201d. It's time to break the stereotype that sounding proper or speaking clearly is sounding "White."

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Resources:

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How to support BLM: https://www.timeout.com/things-to-do/how-to-support-black-lives-matter

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Therapy Sources: Primary Care Physician, IG: @Betterhelp, Employee assistance programs and therapyforblackgirls.com

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BetterHelp is free for 1 month not just 1 week specifically with our link: https://www.betterhelp.com/thoughtfulhuman/

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What is AAVE: https://www.languagejones.com/blog-1/2014/6/8/what-is-aave

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Sounding White: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12228-7_26

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Code-switching: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/04/13/177126294/five-reasons-why-people-code-switch

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Mental health tip: https://uhs.umich.edu/tenthings

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Production Notes:

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Produced by Dolapo of the "Terminal 234" podcast

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Edited by Host: Sandra [IG: coitraveler]

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Co-Host #1: Anabelle [IG: msjudy_1028]

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Tentative Co-Host #2: Doyin [IG: msdoyinjay]

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