The teacher praised students' academic essays for including "AAVE" language – African-American Vernacular English. "As an educator I am constantly worried if I'm the problem. What do I mean by that?

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the ...

The movie continues to make history with its July 4 release on Max, becoming the first film on the platform to include a ...

Ebonics, a fusion of the words "ebony" and "phonics," refers to African American Vernacular English (AAVE) as its own language. (The term itself is contested in the field; Troutman chooses to use ...

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.

A new project will finally acknowledge that AAVE isn't just slang. Although African American Vernacular English is front and center in the way all of us communicate, it has always been regarded as ...

This language has created community and is an integral part of African American identity. Because of social media platforms, AAVE terms spread quickly and often become mainstream, though their origins ...

Ableist language is pretty common in daily use. In the summer of 2022, controversy ensued over the lyrics of popular songs by Beyonce and Lizzo, both of which used a term that is considered ableist.