I am black UK 🇬🇧 born of 🇯🇲 Jamaican parents. People of my community, as well as myself, have always code switched. White professional, to Jamaican patois. Home, work or when with family or friends, our dialect will change. Over the decades, patois has blended into the English language to the point where many white/black youngsters in the inner cities have evolved the language. I agree Gullah does sound a lot like Jamaican patois.
@ladylovesstyle4135 So basically you have changed your style of speech to impress and fit in with white people that,s sad and kind of pathetic you had to assimilate wow!
Black people have always mastered two languages. We have to. We have our barbershop / hair salon language...the family barbecue language...the neighborhood language...then we have our 9 to 5 cubicle / water cooler / office/ make-a-living language. We're quite adept at turning each off, and on as necessary.
You're not lying, it's exhausting talking 2 different languages, but I have no problems with it! Because it really is a beautiful language that we understand it's something we made from ourselves! Black People are strong we will make something out of nothing! One thing about it we are truly Gods children!
We are an amazing people! We have persevered and we are persevering! However, it is now time to thrive and elevate! We need to have more conversations about that!
I wish we embraced our own dialect more. When other cultures do it, we consider it bilingual. We deserve the same respect and appreciation for our style of language.
@@blackcaesar4u It's finally now emerging that as much as 20% of the DNA of Sub-Saharan Africans comes from "unknown hominids" such as Homo Erectus and Homo Habilis. When this finally becomes common knowledge, maybe, just maybe, that will finally... FINALLY... knock some of the GD cockiness out've you!
@@blackcaesar4u Brother, please don’t make us look ignorant with completely unfounded claims like that. Black Africans didn’t found Europe, that is an irrefutable FACT. There isn’t one single credible anthropologist, archaeologist, or historian on the planet of any race, black included, that would do anything except laugh at that claim.
I was adopted at 8 yrs old. I used to be ashamed of how my adopted mom talked. B/c she would use words like day long, dumpky, yonder. So I asked her why she spoke like that. She didn't get mad at all. She showed me a photo album and that's when I learned that she was Gullah Gheechee . I did a project on her later on in middle school for L.A. class. What I thought was broken English or sounded like slave-talk was a whole different language!
I'm Jamaican married to an American living in America. Family get togethers can be a real verbal exercise for me! Patois, standard English and the ever necessary Black English cadence all kinds of flow. It's a beautiful thing🤣
Jamaicans should tell black Americans how this isnt talking white or black its patia or jive or talking urban and then talking correct like in Jamaica only black people speak white lol so its not a white thing same with england and Jamaica white and black lol
Our family was originally from South Carolina, then brought to Georgia. My grandmother, who passed last year in January, spoke Gullah. She was the last that still spoke that vernacular. 😢😢😢
I had to take time out to watch this documentary since I'm from Harlem born and raised and can't leave out the Bronx. Its documentaries like these that gives me a reality check of who and what I am, and to always keep it real for real for real.
I'm from east harlem, and we Puerto Ricans have our blend of words and rhythm with our language, and we understand our black brother's languages because when we come together our words blend ,for we all come from Africa,
We will be great when we teach them it's more than rap and basketball. When we say that Sexy Red and Thug rap does not align with our values. Oh... and stop shooting each other over material goods!!!
Thank you for sharing this important part of the Black experience through it's American beginnings in speaking as a way to access opportunities and live our truths in this society.
Love that the guy mentions that many think that hip hop is producing the AAVE and the community then uses the AAVE but it is actually they other way around! So many artist take raw culture from the community and push it as their own when it’s even bigger on ground level! There’s so much of the culture the world simply doesn’t know Bc we r suppressed the more raw and proud blk we are. The also left out that rapping come from us using oral history! We used oral history for a very long time. Yt ppl came and told us unless it was written it didn’t matter. I liked The Gullah portion of the video Bc it shows just how much we vary the Gullah are in Florida as well but the tone has changed. The words are so elongated it’s almost like the ppl are singing when they talk. It has a melody. I say that to say we never really know all of history. The person telling the story has a focus but that doesn’t mean that truth outside of what they seek doesnt exist! The Gullah have spread out and their influence is everywhere yet 2 years ago most ppl had no idea who they were or who they are today.
Something else to think about: Our spoken as well as the unspoken grew up in tandem. Please look up the history of *Black American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation (BSV).* I love how we've made our own languages and culture and been able to build our own from our circumstances.
I never even knew there was such a thing! And that's why I watch these videos and read the comments. Knowledge leads to understanding. And understanding leads to community. 🤜🏿🤛🏼
Living in Caves and Teepees were the Neanderthal and Homoerectus Dwellings while Gods People lived above ground under Structures Built with Cover Entrances and Exists☝🏾💯
16:34 black people who were slaves in America are not “immigrants”, in fact we’re the only group in America that isn’t. This is important because claiming we’re immigrants leads to more erasure of our culture and history in this country and confuses us with the African immigrants that moved here by choice when those are different ethnic groups.
All language is beautiful and meaningful. I am part of the german diaspora. We speak differently at home or to each other than we do in "public". Thank you so much for this content. I learned a lot from this documentary. ❤
Amazing video. I would listen to my elders all day. When I would go home it's those accents that made me feel like home. They from Mississippi now my friends from the Caribbeans I could talk to them all day with no issues. Then I meet the Africans again no issues. I love the way different people from all over speak. One day they may recognize this as an actual language because it is. I talk "proper english" at work, home its another language. Do we write in our home language, I do. The last story about the train ride touched my soul, yes, we will be aright.
Make no mistake we do speak proper English in addition to being versatile according to our environment. Even white people in the South have they're southern broken language! I love my Afro language!! Thanks for this important subject.
The statement "Talking Black In America" is actually referring to what is known as the Black Redneck phenomenon, black Africans lost their language when they left Africa and learned English and broken English from white people that a percentage of African Americas still speak to this day. This video is very misleading and filled with misinformation.
I don't know about you Klytus but I don't agree with the producers decision to solicit the opinion of Caucasians. Their opinions on Black language are irrelevant, because they lack knowledge and understanding. Black talk is a genre and a very creative one at that . Blacks are creative geniuses at flipping the meaning of words . An example of this shows itself in how Blacks use the word Bad . For instance, In the hood bad is good Ex : bad bitch , badass, BMF (:bad motha fucker) etc. Another example of this can be seen in how blacks flipped Negro , Nigger etc.from negative to imply something positive , like for instance, the hood term " my nigga ", when a Black man say " my nigga" he's using it in a positive way. He's making a strong positive statement about a person , he's saying " I know what the guy is all "about ". He's also saying , " I don't fuck with niggaz who are not about what I'm about. This is why he uses the term " my nigga" because it distinguish one black male from another. Another term used to distinguish one black male from another is the term " Real Nigga". This term maybe used loosely today but back in the day it only applied to a certain group of black males. A Real Nigga was in essence a black male who would not do what they considered " flaw". Snitching, backstabbing , switching out , gossiping etc. were considered Flaw to Real Niggaz, that's why the poem was penned, " Real Niggaz do Real Thangs " . There's a philosophy as well as a psychology behind how Black terms and Black words are used . If a Caucasian doesn't understand Black terms and Black words, they will have a difficult time understanding a Black person and it's fitting that there is something that Caucasians don't understand.
The only citizens that speak, so called proper English, are people from the UK 🇬🇧, more than likely, with dual citizenship. All else similar is multicultural American language. Most English teachers don't know or speak the language themselves. In American, not in the vernacular, "it is what it is"!
@@terryholmes1609 What are you talking about? White English people invented the English language 1000+ years ago and all of the meanings for each word. Black people are only using the English language today because they lost their language from Africa so they had to copy the white man like everything else in the west. If you want to learn about "black" language and black people then take a long trip to Africa not America or the UK. White people invented basket ball too.
Reading the comments here indicates some either have not listened to the video report and / or have not studied language or history. Library of Congress is full of excellent material. 'Caste' by Isabel Wilkerson is fantastic reading. 'The Color Law' by Richard Rothstein is crucial for everyone, especially people affected by systemic racism. The elders are full of wisdom and truth, but the youth are too busy to still themselves and listen. They see fragility and think it senility instead of embracing priceless truth and profound wisdom within the language of our people.
I can't tell you how happy I am to have come across this documentary and how much healing I've received from watching it. Thank you!! I used to be so self-conscious of how I speak.
The Scottish have their way of speaking. Welch and the Irish have their way of speaking, but no one gets more criticism than black people. It's just their way of saying, you're not good enough. I was raised in the south, and to be honest, a lot of the white people have their way of speaking, but they get criticize a lot less.
@teddydavis2339 Yeah but you actually put up with it and it must have a link with slavery I have never ever actually heard an English person say you can't speak Mandrin, Cantonese, Urdu or Arabic!
Transformation and communication are very important. We are dealing with these two skills today. As a nation, we can embrace one another's culture and difference.
I mean wow, huge appreciation to NC State Linguistics dept. So much work went into this, so academic, yet fun to watch. I will be following up on your other vids, thanks for this.
This is just another african language with English words. I speak pulaar and wolof(west afrika),I see similarities in the rhythm,imagery,change of tone... Culture is way more deeply entrenched than we think,we are one people.peace
This information needs to be taught and preserved. Because of the internet and worldwide exposure of black culture, I have encountered Japanese, Indian and countless other people speaking AAVE without even knowing that they are. They just see it as American slang. They have no idea of the rich history and cultural context. Let's not forget the rest of the younger non black American content creators even here on TH-cam who fully imitate and adopt AAVE as their way of talking. Except to their parents of course.
@@JoMomma It becomes a problem when others decide it is not AAVE but rather just slang. Knowledge is everything. Currently there is a huge debate on who created rap and hip hop. Yes, it's been said "Black people didn't create hip hop" or "Black people didn't create swing dancing" Of course the world at large can participate and enjoy all these things but it is also important to know it's history.
@@Myraisins1 As far as I can recall Black Americans created most slang that became mainstream over time. The difference is with the internet words can become known faster.....and I doubt that non-blacks are naive to where most slang originates. I only watched a few minutes of the video, and it was about black people shunning other black people for not adopting their own venacular, so who is actually the language police?
@@JoMomma your people have been the biggest language police. Did you not see the take on Ebonics? Don't play dumb. Nothing in this documentary has anything to do with you, yet here you are, just like your ancestors not minding the business that belongs to you.
I moved to Charlotte NC from Charleston SC and I was immediately teased and laughed at. I decided to replace my anger with the opportunity to teach a bit of history! Working in corporate America forced me to slow down, enunciate, and pronounciate, I now speak with a more universal dialect. I'm often asked, "Where are you from, everywhere?" 😊 Of course, when I'm around my people, my dialect changes to Gullah with a slower crawl. "When you laugh at me, you mock your ancestors, for the white man has stripped you of your roots, leaving you clueless of who you REALLY are." ~L.Forrest
Loved it! As a little white girl in Poland I was always quite jelous of the joyful athmosphere of the black church. Catholic church is so serious and fearful. I was a little disapointed that when we did a christening in my husband's Catholic church in Guadeloupe (Caribbean) it was the same vibe as we have in Poland, but their culture is a lot like the African American culture, very lively, so having this serious mass felt at odds. I like how you speak, you have your own secret language of belonging and that is something to be proud of. For me the way you speak is like poetry - remove needless words, add your own spin.I think that's why there is so much good black poetry. You experiment with language and keep it alive. I loved that little train story at the end. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Some white people do want to copy you and that's a compliment. Do YOU!
I've been thinking that speaking is playing instruments. Each person has their own instruments and playing styles. I'm Japanese and live in Japan. I love my language which is far from standard one. Over the past 5 years I've learned English by myself. The reason I started learning is understanding Hip Hop culture, mainly rap music. Now my thought is I love their own sounds, not only just music. I'd like to understand the language deeply. Because language and culture are on the same coin. I try to listen to many dialects on youtube, even though I sometimes/often don't understand it. One day I'd like to listen to Professor John Baugh's talk in person. Just keep leaning.
Black Americans may sound similar to a lot. I've noticed that people, especially black, seem to have less dialectical differences on the surface. The rural Americans is where you'll find the most distinctive dialects. Doesn't matter what ethnicity.... These rural dialects are by far the most unique. It's due to living miles from any cities. These people are much more spread out compared to people in the city. This is one reason why their dialect has remained distinct. You should watch-listen to these rural people. In the USA it's named 'country talk.' They may have a video on this channel of 'mountain talk.' If you learn to understand these rural country people then the rest of English should be easier to understand. I'm American but I still don't understand these dialects completely. It's crazy
I’ll save you some time: It’s all about f’in bitches, stealing shit, talking like a big shit, showing off, talking loud rudely, not being a father and lying about how much yo cash flo be. 🤭✊🏿
Excellent and outstanding presentation in every way !!! An excellent introduction into the history of African American Language in America. We must continue to understand and master both, the American English language and our African American cultural language !!! During the African Colonialism, The King’s English was taught by the British missionaries to many Africans and they still retained their language and culture ! This was not the case during history of American Slavery !!! This is a must watch historical video !!! Cheers
I love watching this and in my 40s now thinking of all the different AAVE phrases and dialect that has involved overtime some still intact. I didn't even realize I was using it. Crazy now with social media our AAVE Is being used because it's trendy in our music. Someone called AAVE like, press, slay, period, gen z slang. I had to tell them it's AA dialect
Thank you so much for this video. I'm not from the States so I don't have the chance to hear these differences and ways to speak often. It was really informative.
Aren't we special like Heavenly Father said? A peculiar people special unto himself. We stand out and other nations follow up. Gullah Geechee here of S.C. 🙏🏽♥️🕊️ Israelites 4ever
If there are 15 million plus Black people as citizens there are that many forms of Black English, it is not a separate language. It is all American English, which is very different than British English or Australian English or Canadian English
I understand the Gullah Gheechee so easily, they sound so Caribbean, and I am European born of Caribbean parentage. Truly excellent documentary, seriously interesting and informative. Brilliant 💫 Sharing this video.
@@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts Truly sis. It's funny I use to hear Caribbean in some of the older southern Americans, but I didn't give it much thought. Also the same thing happened with British born Caribbean dialect in the UK. In the 1980s Roger Cook made a video about the Blaque Londoners dialect and change up of words. To rahtid cup sis, me really wan seh one of me favorite words, well here we go, sis me ave to seh oh bomboklaat 😔 when me ere de Gullah Gheechee say uno me seh, uno kan tek we hout ah Africa, but you kant tek Africa out of we 💜
@MsWildberry1... I understand the Gulla Geechie as well as the Carribeans very clearly. Just like I can understand many words from the Gurafina people. As my parents came from the Caribbean. ❤😊
My grandparents from Arkansas and Mississippi raised me on the south side Chicago so I have their accent. Don’t have stereotypical Midwestern accent. At 41, I’m starting to embrace my accent from the Deep South.
Thanks for sharing this subject!I fought that Battle in the Army,i just refused to forget my Blackness?I would love to stand back and watch Stuck in the matrix lost confused about who they are!Great video!💖
This is beautiful! I used to be influenced by mocking of our vernacular. My Gma came from NC and I was born and raised in VA. Now as a writer I use phonics to sp it the way we say it. That's what we do when textin so yea I drop the "g" in verbs to honor the way we learned it at home. I recited "When Melindy Sings" by ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar for my Gma's home-going service cuz she recited in a school play as a child. I practiced it til I got it right. Makes me emotional. 😢
Interesting programme. The Gullah language is very creole/Caribbean like. You can even hear the Bajan influence. After all, many of the plantation started in the Carolina’s was by White Bajan planters. Many would simply transported their plantation operations from Barbados - to The Carolina’s I can understand ever word the Gullah people are saying. I’m from the UK and my family are originally from Jamaica. Thanks and peace 🙏🤠
I was blown away hearing the Lord's Prayer in Gullah. I know the Lord's Prayer in many different languages. It's sort of a benchmark for how different languages express the same thought. We're all so used to hearing the Lord's Prayer in our native language that we sort of use that as the standard by which to judge other languages. But if you put aside that tendency and get to the thought behind the word it's truly amazing how profound different languages are.
Number one we weren't brought here. 2 the majority of us were already here already speaking our own language see this kind of dialogue and discourse continuously set our people apart from our own.
I started code switching when I landed in NYC at age 17 from 🇹🇹. I'm 67 now, I made sure my girls understood how to assimilate in this world. I picked up my dau when she returned a rental. She stepped outside with an attendant and the lady whispered to me "i thought she was white"... it seemed they spoke with her because she'd called for directions. My daughter not realizing how much my grandson understood my mom and i, said one day "mommy he doesn't know what you are saying"...my grandson understands everything his Granny and GG says to him 😊.
After reading some of these comments I see FBA'S we're going to have another fight on our hands because I can tell they're going to try and start claiming Gullah people as caribbeans
I’m with the man that felt offended at the notion that talking black means speaking improperly or as if lacking education and social refinement. Tired of these monolithic ideas that we are all low value socially. Now we have everyone thinking we’re pretending to speak properly or professional to “fit in.” How about just BE that. Speak well because you were taught how to in school. That’s the point of basic education.
@@usingThaForce well, luckily I managed to graduate and it matters to me because I'm proud of myself, so there you go :) but thanks for your concern xx
You can have fun with whatever language you speak. Do know how to adjust in certain situations; however, some of the truth of the matter is that some want control, and want to know what's going on at all times, when it's not their business
I can relate to Nicky Sunshine. I've experienced the same thing from my mother's side of the family. They thought if you try to talk a little Standard English that means you're a sellout 😒
Man I’m “too good for everybody now with your lil business!” 😌 I want to tell them that my mother & grandmother NEVER let me talk like them 😩😆 family function only my whole life but I love their country selves dearly 🥰 I’m white girl too 🙃
Though not mentioned in this video, it is important to remember that spoken language has changed due to the technology and manipulation of the imposed mass communications. This can be generally observed by contrasting and comparing music, newscast, and the dialects, over the last 60 years. The regional flavor of language has changed by the dominance of the synoptic mercantile interests that requires less diverse variations in the thinking processes of the mass popula t ion in order to achieve conformation compliance that blindly obeys without out asking meaningful questions that would make individuals masters of their own selves.
I believe Black English exist to a small extent because it is our spirit, DNA memory, ancestors, us, reconnecting with what we have lost whether it's taught or not.
But your not lost your home they have us so screwed up it ain't funny very few are dark skinned folks are descendants from slaves your people my people were already here or were black European and black Irish Celts
It is mostly the same as lower class rural southern whites. It is not a racial trait, though African Americans tend to put much more peer pressure on each other to speak and act a certain way, and ascribe this to themselves as a racial identity.
@@macrosense white was a class not a race.aint but one the human race just different shades of beautiful. We've had many important folks who were swarthy ruddy Carmel dark skinned who have been white washed it's all bullshit and united is the only way to reclaim what has been stolen I know it won't be the same it will be better Woodrow Wilson was a POS president commie bastard.
I don't believe Black ppl put pressure on each other to act a certain way. They are no different than any other group of people. Some ppl like this some like that and they voice their opinions. However ppl have always pressured Black ppl to act a certain way.
I was in Fort Jackson SC in 1980 and ppl used to say I walked like a black guy. Perhaps bc the ppl I associated with the most were black guys. Then I moved to Harlem NYC and got a job at this store and became friends with this tall black guy from the south, Andre was his name, and he talk like nobody else in the job. Soon other coworkers were saying I talked like a black guy. So now I had the walk and I had the talk. They didn't realized that as a Puerto Rican Africa was in my dna since before I was even born being that slavery of african ppl started in my country way before it did in the USA. Aproximatelly in 1517.
Talking Black In America is a film that wonderfully captures and illustrates the beautiful complexities of African American Vernacular English to its viewers. The filmmakers clearly took care to make this piece as accurate and representative of the real lived experience of AAVE speakers from its inclusion of both university linguists and everyday Black people, hailing from all across the country. The inclusion of scholarly analysis and anecdotes does a great job of supporting the historical, cultural, and regional nuances of AAVE that makes it its own distinct language. I particularly liked the acknowledgement that a significant cultural component of AAVE is the rhythm and “verbal combat” of its speakers. In the first few moments of the film, the audience is introduced to the subject at hand with quotes from some of the featured professors along with the late Black writer and intellectual, James Baldwin, who tells that “sounding Black” is not only the specific words or the syntax of the language, but the “sound and rhythm,” the “cadence and beat,” and the overall “fluidity” and musical quality of the speaker. What further compelled me is how the film later tied the musical quality of AAVE to the historical roots of its origin; at 42:23, we learn that because enslaved Black people were not allowed to learn to read or write, the oral tradition in Black churches became monumental for the development of Black language as within services. The “oral tradition” of the Black church is representative of the cadence of AAVE, from some features like the call-and-response, in which the pastor and the parishioners are in direct conversation with each other. As the film continues to explain, this differs greatly from the cultural context of European worship, in which the pastor/minter often is the only one speaking; the parishioners are taught to keep quiet and listen. These differences, although they may seem insignificant, are extremely important when thinking about the cultural values of AAVE that makes it distinct. AAVE is a language that values full-body incorporation and attentive verbal interaction with another speaker, as Talking Black In America explains the scenes showing how hip-hop/rap is a product of Black language. Within the art form, as the speakers of the film inform us at 36:29, artists are praised for their complex use of language, as it represents the intellect and creativity of their ability. Some techniques that hip-hop artists use are extremely layered and advanced, like the use of double/triple/quadruple entendres, metaphors, and other figurative language. Historically, and in the present moment as well, hip-hop/rap has been used by the Black community as a way to protest or bring light to the injustices they face, an art form that has traveled all over the world (38:35-40:40). These qualities and forms of AAVE show how the Black American community values honesty, expression, and soulfulness, and rejects ideas like voicelessness in language. While Talking Black in America does celebrate the beauty of Black language, it also acknowledges the discrimination and barriers AAVE speakers face in the greater American society. One of the speakers featured in the film expresses at 5:03 that “the language gives you access and it’ll give you a barrier, so the best thing to do is use it for your access.” This refers both to different regional speakers of AAVE and the speakers wholly outside of AAVE, who probably speak standard conventional English. The former, unlike the later, however, does not have any direct influence on the opportunities or boundaries that AAVE speakers face. What the speaker at 5:03 meant by “access” and “barrier” is that if you speak a similar dialect of AAVE to another person, they’ll be more likely to accept you, but if you speak any dialect of AAVE to speaker of standard conventional English, especially to a person in power such as an employer, law enforcement officer, teacher, etc., the language barrier means that you won’t have access to certain opportunities. What this translates to in the real world is that Black language is often only accepted in entertainment spaces, where it can be commodified, instead of “professional” spaces where AAVE is considered improper. Thus, young speakers of AAVE are taught to code-switch early on in order to be successful in school and society, which also communicates a message that their way of speaking is somehow inherently “wrong” (8:00-10:55). Despite these boundaries and limitations that society tries to impose on AAVE, the language continues to evolve and flourish. The film ends on this hopeful note, with an anecdote that shows the viewers that speakers of AAVE cannot be hidden or shunned away; we have and will always be an important facet of American culture and language. Overall, this film made me feel seen in a way I’m not entirely used to in mainstream media. It was fresh, funny, and firmly grounded in the experiences and culture of the Black community. I hope that anyone who watches it gets the same value from it as I did, and learns about how the history of enslaved peoples in America contributes to the layeredness of AAVE, and that it’s not an “improper” language full of slang or unrefined-ness. I truly believe that Talking Black In America deserves the Emmy it received for Best Cultural Documentary of 2020, and I’m excited to watch the other films in this five-part series to learn more about the nuances of Black American language.
Wow! This is so very fascinating and is just, I imagine, is how growing up with multiple languages is what has always been. To compare the different dialects from neighboring communities that mesh that form the bigger communities that hold history between how the words are formed. I don't see random. I see something bigger and much more colorful. I find it all so fascinating. I love to hear it
It's a shame that educated blacks still don't get it . And the reason why is quite obvious , they still want to put their own spin on a language culture that they are not apart of , from day to day . An episode of Good Times addressed this sort of " My way is not Your way " divide between those who live it and those that don't , when James told the white principal , " if you haven't been where I been , heard what I heard and seen what I've seen , how can you know where I'm coming . Black language culture can be understood in two senses the Hood and the Streets . Street talk premise itself on guise example " letting one person in on something while keeping another person guessing ". It's important to distinguish Street talk from Hood talk . Street talk is primarily spoken by Pimps , Hustler's , Booster , Players , Whore's , Tricks , etc. Anyone that hangs in the streets talks and understands street talk ,but the Hood is not the place for street talk because it's based on Guise which doesn't play well in the Hood . Hood talk is aggressive , in your face , I don't give a fuck , type of language . The cut is where Hood talk takes the roughest form . It where you will find the Thug , The Bully , The Dope boy , The Robber , the Gambler etc. Hood talk is premised on being in the Cut by that I mean , avoiding the police and not letting anyone know what you are up to . It's like the tainted "window game" , I can see you but you can't see me . Black language culture is complex and powerful. Nipsey Hussle , became enamored with it to such a degree that he didn't seem Ethiopian , Nipsey is an example of how powerful and far reaching black language is . The idea of black language being accepted by Caucasians is insulting and a bunch of nonsense . 56:49
True that all languages change and evolve. Just try to read Shakespeare sometime for proof of that. Even today, British English, Australian English, Irish English, and American English are often incomprehensible among speakers of those different dialects. Even within the United States and Canada, there are different vocabularies, habit words, colloquialisms, and sounds. It is no surprise that cultures within geographic borders would also have their own dialects. Prior to radio and television that standardized languages, even countries as small as Japan had dialects that were so different that people from different parts of the country could not communicate with each other.
Prince Edward of UK visited USA and was asked in which part of USA most resembled the English he was accustomed to hearing. He stayed it was the Gullah English.
This was a great topic on point, to dicuss variances in speech and language. However, it does not reflect ones intelligence. If we compromise and try to understand each other, then we'll succeed to understand each other..
@@KevinBullardnot dat i know... Florida is habbin no part of it... Texis , Tenn., Alabama is fighting now, i would imagine it would be automaticly incuded in like a CRT program... but... as you can see
When I was a child I used to hear people say yiahzism or blu-gun. I didn't like it when they said yiahzism. Now it's history and culture to my identity and you can't tell me nothing cause I'm proud to understand/feel a small piece of my ancestors' grief. As long as I remember that I will always know that America wasn't always like it is now. Ahw-ight. I know you got soul. Your contributions to humanity (past and present) is priceless.
That it is because it was indoctrination disguised as education. "Schooling is something that someone else gives you. Education is something I nothing you give yourself." - Mark Twain
Let’s see. I’m going to start right now. What’s good my nig**, You cappin nigg**. I’m about to smoke this this little nig**. Does that sound “black “enough?
Don't fall for that "talking Black and "not sounding Black enough" nonsense. That's just a ghetto slave mentality. Conformism is for the weak, not the strong.
We are the Original People just look around everywhere everyone is copying us the Original People Black People real Talk 💯 check History not his - story Truth
When talking white my tonge feels more stiffer and has to move more when talking. The words come out chunkier. When talking black my mouth and tonge feels like it's doing less work. The words come out smoother. I regularly switch between the two depending on my mood, context, subject, etc.
The practice of "code switching" is the invitation to schizophrenia, manic-depression, and bipolar thinking, which is designed to divide and conquer t he individual from the inside out so that they are "sleeping with the enemy, even when they sleep alone. If only serves intelligence that is artificial. What is the use of being a coconspirator against the inlybperso n that has v been with you all of your Life? Use your Authentic Intelligence that comes from your work of applying yourself to be your own best version in the the moment so that you are the master of your own self working the controls in your control room. You deserve it and the world deserves you.
Bro. Phil, I so appreciate your new Channel.. thanks for helping us as Africans living in Americans to connect to our roots, as a child I always wanted to visit the Gullah People and learn of the Culture. Many thanks Phil✊🏿B1
#samiramurphy. EXODUS 11:7. BUT AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL NOT A DOG MOVE HIS TONGUE, AGAINST MAN OR BEAST: THAT YE MAY KNOW HOW THAT THE CREATOR MOST HIGH DOTH PUT A DIFFERENCE BEFORE THE EGYPTIANS AND ISRAEL. APTTMH ALONE ZONDERVAN COMPACT BIBLE DICTIONARY says Ham is known as the father of the black races BUT NOT THE HEBREWS WHO ARE IN FACT SHEMITES OR OF THE LINAGE OF SHEM, WHICH ARE CALLED TODAY, THE NEGROES TO HIDE OUR IDENTITY. WE AIN AFRICANS WE ARE THE ORIGINAL HEBREW ISRAELITES. THE ANCIENT BIBLICAL NATION....MOST HIGH'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. APTTMH ALONE. STOP THIS BLASPHEMY AGAINST OUR CREATOR MOST HIGH POWER OF ISRAEL AND HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE.
When we didnt want people n our business we spoke a different language and we must keep our hidden language. Call it whats you will. We use to have a deep language that only we could understand we need that we need to keep it .
I am black UK 🇬🇧 born of 🇯🇲 Jamaican parents. People of my community, as well as myself, have always code switched. White professional, to Jamaican patois. Home, work or when with family or friends, our dialect will change. Over the decades, patois has blended into the English language to the point where many white/black youngsters in the inner cities have evolved the language. I agree Gullah does sound a lot like Jamaican patois.
@ladylovesstyle4135 So basically you have changed your style of speech to impress and fit in with white people that,s sad and kind of pathetic you had to assimilate wow!
Black people have always mastered two languages. We have to. We have our barbershop / hair salon language...the family barbecue language...the neighborhood language...then we have our 9 to 5 cubicle / water cooler / office/ make-a-living language. We're quite adept at turning each off, and on as necessary.
You're not lying, it's exhausting talking 2 different languages, but I have no problems with it! Because it really is a beautiful language that we understand it's something we made from ourselves! Black People are strong we will make something out of nothing! One thing about it we are truly Gods children!
We are an amazing people despite the horrible injustices done to us, we still perservere! We are God's children. I adore my people.
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*persevere
We are an amazing people! We have persevered and we are persevering! However, it is now time to thrive and elevate! We need to have more conversations about that!
I do also
We are so cool and funny 🎉
I communicate with people in a manner that is needed.
I wish we embraced our own dialect more. When other cultures do it, we consider it bilingual. We deserve the same respect and appreciation for our style of language.
But the kings English is our dialect as well. We founded Europe
@@blackcaesar4u It's finally now emerging that as much as 20% of the DNA of Sub-Saharan Africans comes from "unknown hominids" such as Homo Erectus and Homo Habilis. When this finally becomes common knowledge, maybe, just maybe, that will finally... FINALLY... knock some of the GD cockiness out've you!
@@blackcaesar4uThat’s just factually incorrect and you look goofy and uneducated spouting faux pseudo intellectual garbage like that. 🤭🤦🏽♂️
I dont consider other groups bilingual 😂😂.. they can't speak English😂😂
@@blackcaesar4u Brother, please don’t make us look ignorant with completely unfounded claims like that. Black Africans didn’t found Europe, that is an irrefutable FACT. There isn’t one single credible anthropologist, archaeologist, or historian on the planet of any race, black included, that would do anything except laugh at that claim.
I was adopted at 8 yrs old. I used to be ashamed of how my adopted mom talked. B/c she would use words like day long, dumpky, yonder. So I asked her why she spoke like that. She didn't get mad at all. She showed me a photo album and that's when I learned that she was Gullah Gheechee . I did a project on her later on in middle school for L.A. class. What I thought was broken English or sounded like slave-talk was a whole different language!
It's just low IQ talk. people develop low iq from other low-iq people teaching them how to speak. It's just a dumb way of talking
i never get how adults tell their kids they are adopted at a very young age i feel thats more of a european thing
@@frayserken I knew I was adopted because I got adopted around 8 or 9. I remembered my real mom. It was a horrible adoption.
@@frayserken - It is
I don’t think Ebonics should be taught in schools because it doesn’t prepare the students for the world of work.😮
I'm Jamaican married to an American living in America. Family get togethers can be a real verbal exercise for me! Patois, standard English and the ever necessary Black English cadence all kinds of flow. It's a beautiful thing🤣
Isaiah 28:11 (KJV) For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. The Lord
Jamaicans should tell black Americans how this isnt talking white or black its patia or jive or talking urban and then talking correct like in Jamaica only black people speak white lol so its not a white thing same with england and Jamaica white and black lol
@@nickspicks679 What are you trying to say?
Beautiful production. Thank you and Happy Black History Month
Our family was originally from South Carolina, then brought to Georgia. My grandmother, who passed last year in January, spoke Gullah. She was the last that still spoke that vernacular. 😢😢😢
I am blessed to be a part of this culture. ❤️💚🖤 I am proud of our adaptability and creativity. ✊🏾
I had to take time out to watch this documentary since I'm from Harlem born and raised and can't leave out the Bronx. Its documentaries like these that gives me a reality check of who and what I am, and to always keep it real for real for real.
I'm from east harlem, and we Puerto Ricans have our blend of words and rhythm with our language, and we understand our black brother's languages because when we come together our words blend ,for we all come from Africa,
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"Big up"to da Bronx!!🤣🥳❣
@@ivanacevedo6542 This is very true. A guy from Uruguay said to me "you are Boricua" just of because of a phrase I used.
Language is just a form of communication and it’s not wrong when it’s different from your form of communication.
This is black culture at its finest, we can't let no one take this away from us.
We will be great when we teach them it's more than rap and basketball. When we say that Sexy Red and Thug rap does not align with our values. Oh... and stop shooting each other over material goods!!!
DEUTERONMONY 28:1-60
always us and them? the division never stops
It is a good thing black Americans are telling their stories. Explaining their culture.
A person could say a few words and it felt like a thousand pictures. That is pure Poetry.
I'm stealing that line lol A person could say a few words and it felt like a thousand pictures.
Thank you for sharing this important part of the Black experience through it's American beginnings in speaking as a way to access opportunities and live our truths in this society.
Love that the guy mentions that many think that hip hop is producing the AAVE and the community then uses the AAVE but it is actually they other way around! So many artist take raw culture from the community and push it as their own when it’s even bigger on ground level! There’s so much of the culture the world simply doesn’t know Bc we r suppressed the more raw and proud blk we are. The also left out that rapping come from us using oral history! We used oral history for a very long time. Yt ppl came and told us unless it was written it didn’t matter. I liked The Gullah portion of the video Bc it shows just how much we vary the Gullah are in Florida as well but the tone has changed. The words are so elongated it’s almost like the ppl are singing when they talk. It has a melody. I say that to say we never really know all of history. The person telling the story has a focus but that doesn’t mean that truth outside of what they seek doesnt exist! The Gullah have spread out and their influence is everywhere yet 2 years ago most ppl had no idea who they were or who they are today.
@missam3404 Yep. If it makes it mainstream it has already been circulating in the community for years if not decades.
Something else to think about: Our spoken as well as the unspoken grew up in tandem. Please look up the history of *Black American Sign Language (BASL) or Black Sign Variation (BSV).*
I love how we've made our own languages and culture and been able to build our own from our circumstances.
I never even knew there was such a thing! And that's why I watch these videos and read the comments.
Knowledge leads to understanding. And understanding leads to community. 🤜🏿🤛🏼
I went to a white skool, Jew naw meen Saul good 😂
Living in Caves and Teepees were the Neanderthal and Homoerectus Dwellings while Gods People lived above ground under Structures Built with Cover Entrances and Exists☝🏾💯
There is another documentary, Signing Black in America, that you'd probably be interested in.
@@smellamyblake8352 Thanks for the recommendation, I'll look into it!
Thank you for this video.
I am from Trinidad and felt the connection with the language.
16:34 black people who were slaves in America are not “immigrants”, in fact we’re the only group in America that isn’t. This is important because claiming we’re immigrants leads to more erasure of our culture and history in this country and confuses us with the African immigrants that moved here by choice when those are different ethnic groups.
Thank you. I hate these new narratives.
All language is beautiful and meaningful. I am part of the german diaspora. We speak differently at home or to each other than we do in "public". Thank you so much for this content. I learned a lot from this documentary. ❤
Honored to have been a part of this 🙏
Beautiful, just Beautiful!!! My Folk are and will always BE Amazing!!!
Amazing video. I would listen to my elders all day. When I would go home it's those accents that made me feel like home. They from Mississippi now my friends from the Caribbeans I could talk to them all day with no issues. Then I meet the Africans again no issues. I love the way different people from all over speak. One day they may recognize this as an actual language because it is. I talk "proper english" at work, home its another language. Do we write in our home language, I do.
The last story about the train ride touched my soul, yes, we will be aright.
Make no mistake we do speak proper English in addition to being versatile according to our environment. Even white people in the South have they're southern broken language! I love my Afro language!! Thanks for this important subject.
The statement "Talking Black In America" is actually referring to what is known as the Black Redneck phenomenon, black Africans lost their language when they left Africa and learned English and broken English from white people that a percentage of African Americas still speak to this day. This video is very misleading and filled with misinformation.
I don't know about you Klytus but I don't agree with the producers decision to solicit the opinion of Caucasians. Their opinions on Black language are irrelevant, because they lack knowledge and understanding. Black talk is a genre and a very creative one at that . Blacks are creative geniuses at flipping the meaning of words . An example of this shows itself in how Blacks use the word Bad . For instance, In the hood bad is good Ex : bad bitch , badass, BMF (:bad motha fucker) etc. Another example of this can be seen in how blacks flipped Negro , Nigger etc.from negative to imply something positive , like for instance, the hood term " my nigga ", when a Black man say " my nigga" he's using it in a positive way. He's making a strong positive statement about a person , he's saying " I know what the guy is all "about ". He's also saying , " I don't fuck with niggaz who are not about what I'm about. This is why he uses the term " my nigga" because it distinguish one black male from another. Another term used to distinguish one black male from another is the term " Real Nigga". This term maybe used loosely today but back in the day it only applied to a certain group of black males. A Real Nigga was in essence a black male who would not do what they considered " flaw". Snitching, backstabbing , switching out , gossiping etc. were considered Flaw to Real Niggaz, that's why the poem was penned, " Real Niggaz do Real Thangs " .
There's a philosophy as well as a psychology behind how Black terms and Black words are used . If a Caucasian doesn't understand Black terms and Black words, they will have a difficult time understanding a Black person and it's fitting that there is something that Caucasians don't understand.
The only citizens that speak, so called proper English, are people from the UK 🇬🇧, more than likely, with dual citizenship. All else similar is multicultural American language. Most English teachers don't know or speak the language themselves. In American, not in the vernacular, "it is what it is"!
Yte people in Charleston talk with agullah geechie accent
@@terryholmes1609 What are you talking about? White English people invented the English language 1000+ years ago and all of the meanings for each word. Black people are only using the English language today because they lost their language from Africa so they had to copy the white man like everything else in the west. If you want to learn about "black" language and black people then take a long trip to Africa not America or the UK. White people invented basket ball too.
Reading the comments here indicates some either have not listened to the video report and / or have not studied language or history. Library of Congress is full of excellent material. 'Caste' by Isabel Wilkerson is fantastic reading. 'The Color Law' by Richard Rothstein is crucial for everyone, especially people affected by systemic racism. The elders are full of wisdom and truth, but the youth are too busy to still themselves and listen. They see fragility and think it senility instead of embracing priceless truth and profound wisdom within the language of our people.
I can't tell you how happy I am to have come across this documentary and how much healing I've received from watching it. Thank you!! I used to be so self-conscious of how I speak.
The Scottish have their way of speaking. Welch and the Irish have their way of speaking, but no one gets more criticism than black people. It's just their way of saying, you're not good enough.
I was raised in the south, and to be honest, a lot of the white people have their way of speaking, but they get criticize a lot less.
Among the English, class has always been associated with language. This was long before Brits went into Africa.
Truth be told exactly how we feel about it and I don’t think we should ever be what other people think of us
We come from a different country and we are all creative people so Lol old school hard times Mississippi 😊
@teddydavis2339 Yeah but you actually put up with it and it must have a link with slavery I have never ever actually heard an English person say you can't speak Mandrin, Cantonese, Urdu or Arabic!
Transformation and communication are very important. We are dealing with these two skills today. As a nation, we can embrace one another's culture and difference.
I mean wow, huge appreciation to NC State Linguistics dept. So much work went into this, so academic, yet fun to watch. I will be following up on your other vids, thanks for this.
This is just another african language with English words.
I speak pulaar and wolof(west afrika),I see similarities in the rhythm,imagery,change of tone...
Culture is way more deeply entrenched than we think,we are one people.peace
Black American English is not another African language with English words. Please stop trying to Africanize everything we do.
This information needs to be taught and preserved. Because of the internet and worldwide exposure of black culture, I have encountered Japanese, Indian and countless other people speaking AAVE without even knowing that they are. They just see it as American slang. They have no idea of the rich history and cultural context. Let's not forget the rest of the younger non black American content creators even here on TH-cam who fully imitate and adopt AAVE as their way of talking. Except to their parents of course.
I don't know why you seem to think it's a _problem_ ....it shows the _impact_ that Black Americans have on other Americans and the world at large.
@@JoMomma It becomes a problem when others decide it is not AAVE but rather just slang. Knowledge is everything. Currently there is a huge debate on who created rap and hip hop. Yes, it's been said "Black people didn't create hip hop" or "Black people didn't create swing dancing" Of course the world at large can participate and enjoy all these things but it is also important to know it's history.
@@Myraisins1 As far as I can recall Black Americans created most slang that became mainstream over time. The difference is with the internet words can become known faster.....and I doubt that non-blacks are naive to where most slang originates.
I only watched a few minutes of the video, and it was about black people shunning other black people for not adopting their own venacular, so who is actually the language police?
@@JoMomma your people have been the biggest language police. Did you not see the take on Ebonics? Don't play dumb. Nothing in this documentary has anything to do with you, yet here you are, just like your ancestors not minding the business that belongs to you.
Oh, dear. How are they speaking AAVE?
I moved to Charlotte NC from Charleston SC and I was immediately teased and laughed at. I decided to replace my anger with the opportunity to teach a bit of history! Working in corporate America forced me to slow down, enunciate, and pronounciate, I now speak with a more universal dialect. I'm often asked, "Where are you from, everywhere?" 😊 Of course, when I'm around my people, my dialect changes to Gullah with a slower crawl.
"When you laugh at me, you mock your ancestors, for the white man has stripped you of your roots, leaving you clueless of who you REALLY are." ~L.Forrest
Amen
A powerful truth.
Whe someone mocks ancestors, they disrespect themselves, and they miss out on the hidden treasure of learning who they are, and about themselves
I'm from the Queen City and it is a blessing to hear some geeche/gulluh jargon being spoken... You just can't help but to smile!
Your educated in America , correct ?
Loved it! As a little white girl in Poland I was always quite jelous of the joyful athmosphere of the black church. Catholic church is so serious and fearful. I was a little disapointed that when we did a christening in my husband's Catholic church in Guadeloupe (Caribbean) it was the same vibe as we have in Poland, but their culture is a lot like the African American culture, very lively, so having this serious mass felt at odds.
I like how you speak, you have your own secret language of belonging and that is something to be proud of. For me the way you speak is like poetry - remove needless words, add your own spin.I think that's why there is so much good black poetry. You experiment with language and keep it alive.
I loved that little train story at the end. That's exactly what I'm talking about. Some white people do want to copy you and that's a compliment. Do YOU!
That’s disgusting to hear. I can only imagine the extent of it all.
Don't copy, just be you.
@@sunshinesunflowerz1647 I concur! 🖤
That’s not a compliment that’s stealing profit off of it
I've been thinking that speaking is playing instruments. Each person has their own instruments and playing styles. I'm Japanese and live in Japan. I love my language which is far from standard one.
Over the past 5 years I've learned English by myself. The reason I started learning is understanding Hip Hop culture, mainly rap music. Now my thought is I love their own sounds, not only just music. I'd like to understand the language deeply. Because language and culture are on the same coin. I try to listen to many dialects on youtube, even though I sometimes/often don't understand it. One day I'd like to listen to Professor John Baugh's talk in person. Just keep leaning.
Black Americans may sound similar to a lot. I've noticed that people, especially black, seem to have less dialectical differences on the surface. The rural Americans is where you'll find the most distinctive dialects. Doesn't matter what ethnicity.... These rural dialects are by far the most unique. It's due to living miles from any cities. These people are much more spread out compared to people in the city. This is one reason why their dialect has remained distinct. You should watch-listen to these rural people. In the USA it's named 'country talk.' They may have a video on this channel of 'mountain talk.' If you learn to understand these rural country people then the rest of English should be easier to understand. I'm American but I still don't understand these dialects completely. It's crazy
I'm a black American learning Japanese (because of anime). Your language is a lot of fun to learn too.
I’ll save you some time: It’s all about f’in bitches, stealing shit, talking like a big shit, showing off, talking loud rudely, not being a father and lying about how much yo cash flo be. 🤭✊🏿
Using this in a course that I am teaching with James Baldwin's essay on Black English. Thanks for posting! Super helpful.
James Baldwin's writings are a must read, a very influential writer from Harlem, USA.
Sounds like a variety from the Caribbean. I understand it because I am from the Caribbean and accustomed to the variety, vocabulary and inflections.
Excellent and outstanding presentation in every way !!!
An excellent introduction into the history of African American Language in America.
We must continue to understand and master both, the American English language and our African American cultural language !!!
During the African Colonialism,
The King’s English was taught by the British missionaries to many Africans and they still retained their language and culture !
This was not the case during history of American Slavery !!!
This is a must watch historical video !!! Cheers
I love watching this and in my 40s now thinking of all the different AAVE phrases and dialect that has involved overtime some still intact. I didn't even realize I was using it. Crazy now with social media our AAVE Is being used because it's trendy in our music. Someone called AAVE like, press, slay, period, gen z slang. I had to tell them it's AA dialect
I am from Louisiana, and I can totally relate.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm not from the States so I don't have the chance to hear these differences and ways to speak often. It was really informative.
This was beyond educational for me. I learned so much and have an even greater appreciation for black Americans contributions.
This is OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU for the education, and for feeding my soul.
Aren't we special like Heavenly Father said? A peculiar people special unto himself. We stand out and other nations follow up. Gullah Geechee here of S.C. 🙏🏽♥️🕊️ Israelites 4ever
If there are 15 million plus Black people as citizens there are that many forms of Black English, it is not a separate language. It is all American English, which is very different than British English or Australian English or Canadian English
50 million black Americans (not including black immigrants)
I understand the Gullah Gheechee so easily, they sound so Caribbean, and I am European born of Caribbean parentage. Truly excellent documentary, seriously interesting and informative. Brilliant 💫
Sharing this video.
I was thinking the same thing sis, incredible!
@@PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts Truly sis. It's funny I use to hear Caribbean in some of the older southern Americans, but I didn't give it much thought. Also the same thing happened with British born Caribbean dialect in the UK. In the 1980s Roger Cook made a video about the Blaque Londoners dialect and change up of words. To rahtid cup sis, me really wan seh one of me favorite words, well here we go, sis me ave to seh oh bomboklaat 😔 when me ere de Gullah Gheechee say uno me seh, uno kan tek we hout ah Africa, but you kant tek Africa out of we 💜
@@MsWildberry1 lol a tru! Tell dem sis, an dem wan mek we look foolish, but dem lov cappi we.
@MsWildberry1... I understand the Gulla Geechie as well as the Carribeans very clearly. Just like I can understand many words from the Gurafina people. As my parents came from the Caribbean. ❤😊
Language always evolves, yet so much of it remains the same
My grandparents from Arkansas and Mississippi raised me on the south side Chicago so I have their accent. Don’t have stereotypical Midwestern accent. At 41, I’m starting to embrace my accent from the Deep South.
Thanks for sharing this subject!I fought that Battle in the Army,i just refused to forget my Blackness?I would love to stand back and watch Stuck in the matrix lost confused about who they are!Great video!💖
We folk have two languages that we speak. Corporate and street. I've mastered both.
I need help with street language
This is beautiful! I used to be influenced by mocking of our vernacular. My Gma came from NC and I was born and raised in VA. Now as a writer I use phonics to sp it the way we say it. That's what we do when textin so yea I drop the "g" in verbs to honor the way we learned it at home. I recited "When Melindy Sings" by ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar for my Gma's home-going service cuz she recited in a school play as a child. I practiced it til I got it right. Makes me emotional. 😢
Interesting programme. The Gullah language is very creole/Caribbean like. You can even hear the Bajan influence. After all, many of the plantation started in the Carolina’s was by White Bajan planters. Many would simply transported their plantation operations from Barbados - to The Carolina’s I can understand ever word the Gullah people are saying. I’m from the UK and my family are originally from Jamaica.
Thanks and peace 🙏🤠
Hello Elaine, how are you doing today.
I was blown away hearing the Lord's Prayer in Gullah. I know the Lord's Prayer in many different languages. It's sort of a benchmark for how different languages express the same thought. We're all so used to hearing the Lord's Prayer in our native language that we sort of use that as the standard by which to judge other languages. But if you put aside that tendency and get to the thought behind the word it's truly amazing how profound different languages are.
Number one we weren't brought here. 2 the majority of us were already here already speaking our own language see this kind of dialogue and discourse continuously set our people apart from our own.
English is not even the best language
I started code switching when I landed in NYC at age 17 from 🇹🇹. I'm 67 now, I made sure my girls understood how to assimilate in this world. I picked up my dau when she returned a rental. She stepped outside with an attendant and the lady whispered to me "i thought she was white"... it seemed they spoke with her because she'd called for directions. My daughter not realizing how much my grandson understood my mom and i, said one day "mommy he doesn't know what you are saying"...my grandson understands everything his Granny and GG says to him 😊.
First class history living in style. Thanks forever.
This is amazing. Speech and music go hand and hand. I love everything about this.
This was beautiful I love my people ❤
Me too!
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After reading some of these comments I see FBA'S we're going to have another fight on our hands because I can tell they're going to try and start claiming Gullah people as caribbeans
I gotta say this was very informative and an amazing film. Thank you for doing this 🖤
Hello Rachel, how are you doing today.
THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR SHARING THOSE BEAUTIFULL HISTORIES!!! WE NEED MORE CONNECTIONS IN BETWEEN AFRO DIASPORAS!
This was so beautiful. I ❤ every minute of it. THANK YOU for posting. So great.
That black joy Renee expresses at the end. Great film.
I’m with the man that felt offended at the notion that talking black means speaking improperly or as if lacking education and social refinement. Tired of these monolithic ideas that we are all low value socially.
Now we have everyone thinking we’re pretending to speak properly or professional to “fit in.” How about just BE that. Speak well because you were taught how to in school. That’s the point of basic education.
It's an amazing piece of work. I'm writing my BA Thesis on AAVE and this film really helped me get a broader perspective. Thank you!
oh, that's great, i'm writing actually MA based on AAVE :D
Lol cute. None of that is going to matter once yu grad.. if...
You couldn't have come up with a better topic?!
@@usingThaForce well, luckily I managed to graduate and it matters to me because I'm proud of myself, so there you go :) but thanks for your concern xx
@@ems3832 what's wrong with this one? you got a problem with AAVE or what?
Thank ypu for this wonderful program. I ❤it
thank you for making that film available
Excellent Presentation! Thank you.
You can have fun with whatever language you speak. Do know how to adjust in certain situations; however, some of the truth of the matter is that some want control, and want to know what's going on at all times, when it's not their business
No one can say that another doesn't have language. People can speak without saying a word.
Don't let people think they are better than anyone. No one is!
I can relate to Nicky Sunshine. I've experienced the same thing from my mother's side of the family. They thought if you try to talk a little Standard English that means you're a sellout 😒
Man I’m “too good for everybody now with your lil business!” 😌 I want to tell them that my mother & grandmother NEVER let me talk like them 😩😆 family function only my whole life but I love their country selves dearly 🥰 I’m white girl too 🙃
Though not mentioned in this video, it is important to remember that spoken language has changed due to the technology and manipulation of the imposed mass communications.
This can be generally observed by contrasting and comparing music, newscast, and the dialects, over the last 60 years.
The regional flavor of language has changed by the dominance of the synoptic mercantile interests that requires less diverse variations in the thinking processes of the mass popula t ion in order to achieve conformation compliance that blindly obeys without out asking meaningful questions that would make individuals masters of their own selves.
Slaves were not "Immigrants ". They were prisoners of war.Big difference.
I believe Black English exist to a small extent because it is our spirit, DNA memory, ancestors, us, reconnecting with what we have lost whether it's taught or not.
No it's because some Eastern europeans came south and we're the low life's whites so it's said don't believe me check it out
But your not lost your home they have us so screwed up it ain't funny very few are dark skinned folks are descendants from slaves your people my people were already here or were black European and black Irish Celts
It is mostly the same as lower class rural southern whites. It is not a racial trait, though African Americans tend to put much more peer pressure on each other to speak and act a certain way, and ascribe this to themselves as a racial identity.
@@macrosense white was a class not a race.aint but one the human race just different shades of beautiful. We've had many important folks who were swarthy ruddy Carmel dark skinned who have been white washed it's all bullshit and united is the only way to reclaim what has been stolen I know it won't be the same it will be better Woodrow Wilson was a POS president commie bastard.
I don't believe Black ppl put pressure on each other to act a certain way. They are no different than any other group of people. Some ppl like this some like that and they voice their opinions. However ppl have always pressured Black ppl to act a certain way.
As a person from outside America this is a very interesting documentary. Well produced
I was in Fort Jackson SC in 1980 and ppl used to say I walked like a black guy. Perhaps bc the ppl I associated with the most were black guys.
Then I moved to Harlem NYC and got a job at this store and became friends with this tall black guy from the south, Andre was his name, and he talk like nobody else in the job.
Soon other coworkers were saying I talked like a black guy.
So now I had the walk and I had the talk.
They didn't realized that as a Puerto Rican Africa was in my dna since before I was even born being that slavery of african ppl started in my country way before it did in the USA. Aproximatelly in 1517.
Talking Black In America is a film that wonderfully captures and illustrates the beautiful complexities of African American Vernacular English to its viewers. The filmmakers clearly took care to make this piece as accurate and representative of the real lived experience of AAVE speakers from its inclusion of both university linguists and everyday Black people, hailing from all across the country. The inclusion of scholarly analysis and anecdotes does a great job of supporting the historical, cultural, and regional nuances of AAVE that makes it its own distinct language.
I particularly liked the acknowledgement that a significant cultural component of AAVE is the rhythm and “verbal combat” of its speakers. In the first few moments of the film, the audience is introduced to the subject at hand with quotes from some of the featured professors along with the late Black writer and intellectual, James Baldwin, who tells that “sounding Black” is not only the specific words or the syntax of the language, but the “sound and rhythm,” the “cadence and beat,” and the overall “fluidity” and musical quality of the speaker. What further compelled me is how the film later tied the musical quality of AAVE to the historical roots of its origin; at 42:23, we learn that because enslaved Black people were not allowed to learn to read or write, the oral tradition in Black churches became monumental for the development of Black language as within services. The “oral tradition” of the Black church is representative of the cadence of AAVE, from some features like the call-and-response, in which the pastor and the parishioners are in direct conversation with each other. As the film continues to explain, this differs greatly from the cultural context of European worship, in which the pastor/minter often is the only one speaking; the parishioners are taught to keep quiet and listen.
These differences, although they may seem insignificant, are extremely important when thinking about the cultural values of AAVE that makes it distinct. AAVE is a language that values full-body incorporation and attentive verbal interaction with another speaker, as Talking Black In America explains the scenes showing how hip-hop/rap is a product of Black language. Within the art form, as the speakers of the film inform us at 36:29, artists are praised for their complex use of language, as it represents the intellect and creativity of their ability. Some techniques that hip-hop artists use are extremely layered and advanced, like the use of double/triple/quadruple entendres, metaphors, and other figurative language. Historically, and in the present moment as well, hip-hop/rap has been used by the Black community as a way to protest or bring light to the injustices they face, an art form that has traveled all over the world (38:35-40:40). These qualities and forms of AAVE show how the Black American community values honesty, expression, and soulfulness, and rejects ideas like voicelessness in language.
While Talking Black in America does celebrate the beauty of Black language, it also acknowledges the discrimination and barriers AAVE speakers face in the greater American society. One of the speakers featured in the film expresses at 5:03 that “the language gives you access and it’ll give you a barrier, so the best thing to do is use it for your access.” This refers both to different regional speakers of AAVE and the speakers wholly outside of AAVE, who probably speak standard conventional English. The former, unlike the later, however, does not have any direct influence on the opportunities or boundaries that AAVE speakers face. What the speaker at 5:03 meant by “access” and “barrier” is that if you speak a similar dialect of AAVE to another person, they’ll be more likely to accept you, but if you speak any dialect of AAVE to speaker of standard conventional English, especially to a person in power such as an employer, law enforcement officer, teacher, etc., the language barrier means that you won’t have access to certain opportunities. What this translates to in the real world is that Black language is often only accepted in entertainment spaces, where it can be commodified, instead of “professional” spaces where AAVE is considered improper. Thus, young speakers of AAVE are taught to code-switch early on in order to be successful in school and society, which also communicates a message that their way of speaking is somehow inherently “wrong” (8:00-10:55).
Despite these boundaries and limitations that society tries to impose on AAVE, the language continues to evolve and flourish. The film ends on this hopeful note, with an anecdote that shows the viewers that speakers of AAVE cannot be hidden or shunned away; we have and will always be an important facet of American culture and language. Overall, this film made me feel seen in a way I’m not entirely used to in mainstream media. It was fresh, funny, and firmly grounded in the experiences and culture of the Black community. I hope that anyone who watches it gets the same value from it as I did, and learns about how the history of enslaved peoples in America contributes to the layeredness of AAVE, and that it’s not an “improper” language full of slang or unrefined-ness. I truly believe that Talking Black In America deserves the Emmy it received for Best Cultural Documentary of 2020, and I’m excited to watch the other films in this five-part series to learn more about the nuances of Black American language.
Wow! This is so very fascinating and is just, I imagine, is how growing up with multiple languages is what has always been. To compare the different dialects from neighboring communities that mesh that form the bigger communities that hold history between how the words are formed.
I don't see random. I see something bigger and much more colorful. I find it all so fascinating. I love to hear it
It's a shame that educated blacks still don't get it . And the reason why is quite obvious , they still want to put their own spin on a language culture that they are not apart of , from day to day .
An episode of Good Times addressed this sort of " My way is not Your way " divide between those who live it and those that don't , when James told the white principal , " if you haven't been where I been , heard what I heard and seen what I've seen , how can you know where I'm coming .
Black language culture can be understood in two senses the Hood and the Streets . Street talk premise itself on guise example " letting one person in on something while keeping another person guessing ".
It's important to distinguish Street talk from Hood talk . Street talk is primarily spoken by Pimps , Hustler's , Booster , Players , Whore's , Tricks , etc. Anyone that hangs in the streets talks and understands street talk ,but the Hood is not the place for street talk because it's based on Guise which doesn't play well in the Hood .
Hood talk is aggressive , in your face , I don't give a fuck , type of language . The cut is where Hood talk takes the roughest form . It where you will find the Thug , The Bully , The Dope boy , The Robber , the Gambler etc.
Hood talk is premised on being in the Cut by that I mean , avoiding the police and not letting anyone know what you are up to . It's like the tainted "window game" , I can see you but you can't see me .
Black language culture is complex and powerful. Nipsey Hussle , became enamored with it to such a degree that he didn't seem Ethiopian , Nipsey is an example of how powerful and far reaching black language is . The idea of black language being accepted by Caucasians is insulting and a bunch of nonsense . 56:49
Thank you for this important documentary!
True that all languages change and evolve. Just try to read Shakespeare sometime for proof of that. Even today, British English, Australian English, Irish English, and American English are often incomprehensible among speakers of those different dialects. Even within the United States and Canada, there are different vocabularies, habit words, colloquialisms, and sounds. It is no surprise that cultures within geographic borders would also have their own dialects. Prior to radio and television that standardized languages, even countries as small as Japan had dialects that were so different that people from different parts of the country could not communicate with each other.
Prince Edward of UK visited USA and was asked in which part of USA most resembled the English he was accustomed to hearing.
He stayed it was the Gullah English.
Japan is twice the size of the UK and the UK has literally dozens of very different dialects and accents.
This was a great topic on point, to dicuss variances in speech and language. However, it does not reflect ones intelligence. If we compromise and try to understand each other, then we'll succeed to understand each other..
Geechee/ Gullah is an awesome dialect...
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Das wut i tawk...na is called Sea Island Criole...there is eben eh college course class at Harvard U
@@RaMahUganda then you are blessed! Any South Cackalack schools study the lingo?
@@KevinBullardnot dat i know... Florida is habbin no part of it... Texis , Tenn., Alabama is fighting now, i would imagine it would be automaticly incuded in like a CRT program... but... as you can see
@@RaMahUganda there's got to be a better way...
When I was a child I used to hear people say yiahzism or blu-gun. I didn't like it when they said yiahzism. Now it's history and culture to my identity and you can't tell me nothing cause I'm proud to understand/feel a small piece of my ancestors' grief. As long as I remember that I will always know that America wasn't always like it is now. Ahw-ight. I know you got soul. Your contributions to humanity (past and present) is priceless.
This documentary taught me more about racism and black culture than my high school education
What?
Imagine being so privileged that you think its racism for people to expect you to speak using actual words that form sentences.
@@danielmorris7648 thats bc it is
That it is because it was indoctrination disguised as education.
"Schooling is something that someone else gives you. Education is something I nothing you give yourself." - Mark Twain
Thank you for posting!
As a man from Kenya I would day embrace Africa
No we are good we created new ethnicities and culture through our struggle and we are proud.
We do embrace grandma Alkebulan but it's mainly the South
May the glory of the Lord send his blessings to Yahawah Bahasham Yahawahshi Shalawan Blessing's on top of blessing's 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is really amazing! Thank you so much!!!
Black people created the English language centuries ago ,that’s why we can do so much with it because our people created it.
All of my life I was teased and told I don't sound black. I took it as a compliment. I'm me and I love the way I speak.
Let’s see. I’m going to start right now. What’s good my nig**, You cappin nigg**. I’m about to smoke this this little nig**. Does that sound “black “enough?
You just showed us that you're much lower IQ, that's all lol
Don't fall for that "talking Black and "not sounding Black enough" nonsense. That's just a ghetto slave mentality. Conformism is for the weak, not the strong.
Smh
We are the Original People just look around everywhere everyone is copying us the Original People Black People real Talk 💯 check History not his - story Truth
Language is communication! Love this documentary!
When talking white my tonge feels more stiffer and has to move more when talking. The words come out chunkier.
When talking black my mouth and tonge feels like it's doing less work. The words come out smoother.
I regularly switch between the two depending on my mood, context, subject, etc.
I feel u same here
@@jaybanks1366 you all are just nutty, one thing I know is thank you and you're welcome transcends all the bs.
The practice of "code switching" is the invitation to schizophrenia, manic-depression, and bipolar thinking, which is designed to divide and conquer t he individual from the inside out so that they are "sleeping with the enemy, even when they sleep alone. If only serves intelligence that is artificial.
What is the use of being a coconspirator against the inlybperso n that has v been with you all of your Life?
Use your Authentic Intelligence that comes from your work of applying yourself to be your own best version in the the moment so that you are the master of your own self working the controls in your control room.
You deserve it and the world deserves you.
I enjoyed watching and listening to your video. Very interesting and educational. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing...very educational and revealing.
You have the revealing part right....
Bro. Phil, I so appreciate your new Channel.. thanks for helping us as Africans living in Americans to connect to our roots, as a child I always wanted to visit the Gullah People and learn of the Culture.
Many thanks Phil✊🏿B1
#samiramurphy. EXODUS 11:7. BUT AGAINST ANY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL NOT A DOG MOVE HIS TONGUE, AGAINST MAN OR BEAST: THAT YE MAY KNOW HOW THAT THE CREATOR MOST HIGH DOTH PUT A DIFFERENCE BEFORE THE EGYPTIANS AND ISRAEL. APTTMH ALONE
ZONDERVAN COMPACT BIBLE DICTIONARY says Ham is known as the father of the black races BUT NOT THE HEBREWS WHO ARE IN FACT SHEMITES OR OF THE LINAGE OF SHEM, WHICH ARE CALLED TODAY, THE NEGROES TO HIDE OUR IDENTITY. WE AIN AFRICANS WE ARE THE ORIGINAL HEBREW ISRAELITES. THE ANCIENT BIBLICAL NATION....MOST HIGH'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. APTTMH ALONE. STOP THIS BLASPHEMY AGAINST OUR CREATOR MOST HIGH POWER OF ISRAEL AND HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE.
This is really good.
When we didnt want people n our business we spoke a different language and we must keep our hidden language. Call it whats you will. We use to have a deep language that only we could understand we need that we need to keep it .
I am black and so proud
beautiful video. thank you.
Wow this is great - thank you!
It's our essence 💪💯
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Your videos are amazing the editing the music
21:06 As I'm of Jamaican descent, this took me out! That gentleman sounded like he was speaking Patois so I understood every word.
Right. What’s up can mean someone is about to challenge/fight you!
Hello Jessica, how are you doing today.
Thank you for such a enlightening video I love the respect used to handle the explanation of the beauty of our language ❤️