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Black Vernacular

NOUN
  1. a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States

How To Use Black Vernacular In A Sentence

  • Like Carter, Ruth performs signifiers of whiteness: she wears light colored clothing and eschews black vernacular English.
  • Not only does Hurston allow rural Black Floridians to tell their own folktales, but she presents their tales in Black vernacular speech.
  • The black vernacular stylistics that distinguish Madhubuti's poetic career figure prominently.
  • We also welcome papers that analyze any aspect of literary discourse in relation to black vernacularism.
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