Example Sentences

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“That is the best of both worlds, because we want to show how Black English is part of the larger of Englishes, as they say, spoken around the world,” he said.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2023

Linguists are unsure of how Black English came about, but they believe it might have originated from West African or Creole languages.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2022

AAVE, also referred to as Black English Vernacular or Ebonics, is a generalized term for a variety of dialects spoken by Black Americans.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Jason Sudeikis showed up to the “Ted Lasso” Season 2 premiere in a shirt with the names of three Black English soccer players who endured racist abuse online.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2021

A common minstrel trope implied that Black English was once replete with what linguists call the “generalized am”—that is, using the verb form “am” with pronouns other than the first-person singular.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2020