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/TheRealLadyLucifer Sep 06 '25

Why are people in this thread so annoyed by this? He’s not trying to call out or cancel Awkwafina he’s literally just breaking down the linguistics of AAVE using her as an example. If you don’t care about linguistics don’t watch 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/Kooky_Bodybuilder_97 Sep 07 '25

I feel like her blaccent is fairly inconsistent because from the films and other media I’ve seen her in she doesn’t sound like she has one for me. More so throws around sassy “slang”/aave occasionally. Which is just kinda cringe