OLIVIA RODRIGO ACCUSED FOR “BLACCENT”
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AS OLIVIA SAYS THINGS INTHESE CLIPSLIKE, “I BE TRENDING.” AND “EMOTIONAL AF”WHILE ALSO USING CONTRACTIONS COMMON IN AAVE AND OVERALL SPEAKING IN AVOICE THAT IS BEING REFERRED TO AS A “BLACCENT” OR A “BLACK ACCENT.” ITLOOKS LIKE THESE RESURFACED CLIPS ARE FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR AROUND THETIME THAT OLIVIA RELEASED HIS HIT SINGLE “DRIVER’S LICENSE.” IN ADDITION TOTHESE VIDEO CLIPS, THERE IS ALSO A THREAD GOING AROUND OF OLIVIA’S TWEETSFROM 2020 AND EVEN EARLY 2021 WHERE SHE USES MORE AAVE SLANG TERMS. WHEN THESE CLIPS OF OLIVIA’S RESURFACED LIVE FIRST STARTED GOING VIRAL ONSOCIAL MEDIA MANY FANS WERE SURPRISED ANDSAID OLIVIA SHOULD “TAKEACCOUNTABILITY” FOR THIS APPROPRIATION AND SHE SHOULD “ADDRESS” HERPAST COMMENTS. PEOPLE ALSO POINTED OUT THE “DOUBLE STANDARD” OF OLIVIAFREELY USING AAVE SAYING THAT WHILE IT’S “TRENDY” FOR NON-BLACK PEOPLE TOADOPT THIS SLANG,BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL VICTIMS OF DISCRIMINATION FORSPEAKING THAT SAME WAY
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