What is Black language? by DBLAC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill en-us 2019-03-28 15:21:07 UTC 2026-03-16 23:44:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294135 The first slang I learned is "DMV." I learned that DMV means Maryland from a black person from Maryland. In PA, "DMV" means the government agency that registers and gives Driver's license. 

On the note of Black Language or the Black dialect. I am able to distinguish that from written English since I will not necessarily understand when I first encounter them.]]> 2019-03-28 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294135 What is black language? https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294159 General language is something that is communicated between individuals that conveys some type of message or feeling. Black language, then would be a type of language that is rooted in black history, black culture, and the overall black experience.]]> 2019-03-28 18:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294159 https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294319 Black language is situated within the historical precedence of the black experience. This means that from the time of slavery to the Jim Crow era and now, black language is a mode of communication that results from exclusion and discrimination. From this exclusion, there are unique aspects separate from white language. ]]> 2019-03-28 18:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294319 https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294368 to me black language is how black people use the English language, the sayings and colloquialisms that they use to communicate]]> 2019-03-28 18:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294368 Black language is... https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294513 A fusion of cultures and histories that have all culminated into a unique way of communicating that only Black people can use appropriately.]]> 2019-03-28 18:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294513 https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294697 I think black language is the set of words and slang which have a unique meaning when used in a certain cultural context that surrounds conversations between and about black people]]> 2019-03-28 18:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294697 https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294698 -It's a dialect or a way of speaking formulated within black culture. 
-can be described as slang]]> 2019-03-28 18:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294698 Ironically I wrote an article about this for a magazine. I think Black language is the way that Black people communicate with each other outside of a predominate white culture. However, there are stipulations to the language. You have to really understand the lingo, you can't just say any regular schmegular Black person is using it. There's a cultural element to Black language. https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294724 2019-03-28 18:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dblacorg/p6sn2604xill/wish/346294724