Words Are Messy | A History
Let's break down the messiness of human communication-- particularly the words we use and why.
[Etymology, Slang, language, ebonics, AAVE, african american vernacular English, Oakland school board controversy, Maya Angelou, woke, stop woke, Ron DeSantis, What does woke mean, when did woke start, why do black people talk like that, how to speak ebonics, how to speak Jive, Lizzo, Beyonce, Spaz, Rihanna, Controversy, ableism, awkwafina, blaccent, valley girl, Dinesh Dsouza, McDonalds, Julie Washington, Accents, how to pronounce, pronouncing things]
0:00-1:50 -Messy Montage
1:51- Lexual The Assasin
4:00- Black American Survey
4:39- The Change of "Idiot" and "Moron"
5:50- Housewives and Hussies
7:01- Changing "WOKE" and "Phobia"
9:28- Language, Slang, Dialect
11:10- Early Black American Speech
13:36- Ebonics and Dr. Robert Williams
15:48- 1980s and Valleygirls
16:21- Exporting Hip Hop
17:15- Codeswitching and The Oakland Controversy
23:10- Ebonics: Slang or Language?
23:39- The Words SP*Z and Neiga
26:29-Fruit From The Poisoned Tree
27:23- The Fluidity of Slang and Language
28:28- LGBTQ Slang
30:15- A Brief History of Roasting
31:33- The Impact of Social Media and Globalization
34:02- Peaches Monroe and On Fleek
35:58- The Standardization of English
36:46- Ableism
40:17- The Diversity of The Marginalized
43:06- "Fat" and "Freak"
44:44- Rihanna and Regional Differences
45:41- Final Thoughts
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