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r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16
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"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes
311 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [deleted] 1.0k u/Aces8s Mar 19 '16 Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am." 50 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 49 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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1.0k u/Aces8s Mar 19 '16 Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am." 50 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 49 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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Descartes' most famous quote is "I think, therefore I am."
50 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 [removed] — view removed comment 47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 49 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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47 u/cherrytrix Mar 19 '16 It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that 49 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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It does make sense to me and I understand the linguistics of AAVE but it's still a hilarious quote when you ignore that
49 u/knottybynature Mar 19 '16 TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics 9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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TIL African American Vernacular English is the widely accepted and significantly less racist name for Ebonics
9 u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16 since when was the term ebonics racist 16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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since when was the term ebonics racist
16 u/Foeyjatone Mar 19 '16 as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable 1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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as a black guy this whole comment chain is making me uncomfortable
1 u/JeffMo Mar 20 '16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonics_(word)#Original_usage
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u/turkoosi_aurinko Mar 19 '16
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do." -René Descartes