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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 13:33, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

African American Standard English[edit]

Really? African American Standard English?

"African-American Standard English is the prestigious end of the middle-class African-American language continuum, used for more formal, careful, or public settings than AAVE."

That quote is quite possibly one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. American English in and of itself does not really have a prestigious or formal linguistic variation. Not like Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, etc. Given that I'm curious as to what the hell the above info is doing on this page?

I don't like to just go around deleting things. But the section should be removed. It's borderline racist and has no factual basis. Sickboy254698 (talk) 14:34, 17 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Given that it's quite clear that you have not checked either the sources cited, sources on the topic at hand, or basic introductory textbooks on sociolinguistics, I would recommend that you do any of those things first to be in a better place to discuss the section and how to improve it. Regards. — Æµ§œš¹ _{[lɛts b̥iː pʰəˈlaɪˀt]} 21:27, 19 September 2020 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Blaccent[edit]

This article is the redirect for the term "blaccent" but it doesn't ever explain or mention the term itself. This seems rather confusing, especially because the mentions of "blaccent" that I've seen on other pages seem to be alluding to a controversial and presumably racist form of either imitation or mockery, whereas this article clearly describes a perfectly acceptable range of dialects in American English. Is the redirect leading to this page a mistake or just a placeholder? Is there no dedicated article that explains what a "blaccent" is and why it's seemingly only mentioned in controversies and criticisms of public figures? 108.174.175.69 (talk) 04:05, 30 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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— Assignment last updated by Adasanya (talk) 10:22, 8 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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— Assignment last updated by Nicole0018 (talk) 15:23, 5 December 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]