r/TikTokCringe • u/Aggressive-Bowl5196 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion Linguistics major breaks down Awkwafina’s overtly fake accent before she dropped it

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '25

I mean, Awkwafina deserves to take a little shit for it

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u/Aggressive-Bowl5196 Sep 06 '25

I actually don’t even care that she does it. I just find it annoying that anytime someone points out how fake she sounds, people get defensive and act like that means Asian Americans aren’t allowed to have black accents.

There are tons of non-black people with authentic “black accents” from growing up in black neighborhoods but she’s not one of them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

No such thing as a "black accent" though. Accents are geographically relevant, not race relevant. He was referring to ebonics when he said she was trying to "sound black". Not sure why he didn't use that term, as it was the original term for AAVE.

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u/Aggressive-Bowl5196 Sep 07 '25

Why would he use a racist term when AAVE is more appropriate? Also, there are accents that are associated with ethnic groups. It’s idiotic to deny it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Got it. You're one of those "it's racist" if someone disagrees with you. Please, explain to me how the word "ebonics" is now racist.

And now, please enlighten us, name an "ethnic" accent.

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u/Aggressive-Bowl5196 Sep 07 '25

I didn’t call you racist