ICYMI: Sorry SNL, Gen Z Didnt Invent That Slang
b'Rachelle\\xa0and\\xa0Madison\\xa0discuss Elon Musk\\u2019s episode of\\xa0Saturday Night Live. Specifically they break down the \\u201dGen Z Hospital\\u201d sketch, where everybody seems to be speaking in internet slang, and the backlash to it. Rachelle explains how all the language used isn\\u2019t just from the internet or from Zoomers but from African-American Vernacular English. This isn\\u2019t a new thing, of course\\u2014white Americans have been appropriating Black culture for as long as America has been around\\u2014but as this\\xa0Paper magazine article by Rob Dozier\\xa0points out, the internet has made it particularly easy for those words to lose their original context.\\nPodcast Production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John.\\nSupport ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads.\\xa0Sign up\\xa0to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'