7 - Richard Pierpoint and AAVE

Published: Feb. 24, 2022, 3:44 a.m.

This week, in honour of Black History Month, Sienna and Savannah teach each other something about Black history! Find all of our sources below, please go directly to these sources and more to do further learning, and when you are able send money to the Black people that are educating you online! 

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Sienna\u2019s Sources:

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General Research: 

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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-coloured-corps-african-canadians-and-the-war-of-1812

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https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/culture/clmhc-hsmbc/res/information-backgrounder/richard-pierpoint

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https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month/transcript-black-soldiers-fight-canada.html

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Black History Month short interview with scholars:

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https://www.tvo.org/video/bringing-overlooked-canadian-black-history-to-the-fore

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This American Life - Talking While Black:

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https://www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-while-black

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Docushort about a family\u2019s black Canadian heritage: 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCg1t3mdWwM&list=LL&index=2&t=633s

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Savannah\u2019s Sources:

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28 Moments of Black Canadian History:

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT9MbfNkf-UjoR-4wYeVWxiyxoIxQPlXF

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theGrio: Video by Opiniated AF Danielle Young "AAVE is not Internet Culture":

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_lyirTiedU&ab_channel=theGrio

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So Much Modern Slang Is AAVE. Here\u2019s How Language Appropriation Erases The Influence Of Black Culture - By Sydnee Thompson

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sydneethompson/aave-language-appropriation

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Sydnee\u2019s Article links this Source as well:
\nA People\u2019s History of Black Twitter, Part 1

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https://www.wired.com/story/black-twitter-oral-history-part-i-coming-together/

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AAVE Explained: A Dialect That Transcends Internet Culture:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnOLKqhx_Co&ab_channel=BabbelUSA

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IT\u2019S TIME TO STOP USING AAVE IF YOU\u2019RE NOT BLACK - By Nina Doyle:

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https://www.hercampus.com/school/bu/it-s-time-stop-using-aave-if-you-re-not-black/

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The etiquette of whether to say \u2018YAS QUEEN\u2019 (Cicely-Belle Blain Quote):

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https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/02/28/the-etiquette-of-when-to-say-yaas-queen.html#:~:text=The%20phrase%2C%20which%20is%20a,used%20by%20Black%20trans%20women.

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