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Apr 18, 2026
Flipboard Culture Desk
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Turns out many people have been using “Unc” all wrong. “You’d never know the meaning of 'Unc' or its origins in black culture if you looked to mainstream media, and sometimes even independent media,” Gita Jackson writes for @Aftermath@flipboard.com. So, here’s what it means and how slang terms that originate from African American Vernacular English — “chopped,” “clocked it,” “the tea,” “no cap,” and “it’s giving” — sometimes get miscategorized. Plus, a pull quote that might stay with you for a while: “Non-black people want to take everything from us except the weight of our history.”
https://flip.it/4ZmjNe
#Culture #BlackCulture #InternetCulture #AfricanAmerican #BlackMastodon
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@audubonballroon__dup_50798@mastodon.social
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Mar 02, 2026
Audubon Ballroon (he/him)
@audubonballroon__dup_50798@mastodon.social
Black AuDHD Rape Survivor lived in US, lived/visited six continents. Understand now can sound like attacking others bc can't read tones. +447341446247 Stands for everyone but Black Women most of all. In the context of binary gender and ethnicity/race they are the most marginalized. In the context of gender/ethnicity/race/sexuality Black Lesbian/Trans Women are the most marginalized and so on...
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Harlem Renaissance started in 1917
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Renaissance
Great Depression started in 1929
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
#blackhistory #blackculture #ushistory #americanhistory #history #whitehistory #blackmastodon
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