potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1698arrow-down119
arrow-up1679arrow-down1imageA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldpotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoIt’s called a creole language. An even simpler version is a pidgin language (there’s an example posted in one of the comments). Creole is usually a more evolved pidgin. Developed by children of creole speakers.
minus-squareChloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoi am aware of what creoles and pidgins are, yes. making fun of them is racism.
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThe post is mocking a language, not the people who speak it. It may be in poor taste, but its not racist.
It’s called a creole language. An even simpler version is a pidgin language (there’s an example posted in one of the comments). Creole is usually a more evolved pidgin. Developed by children of creole speakers.
i am aware of what creoles and pidgins are, yes. making fun of them is racism.
The post is mocking a language, not the people who speak it. It may be in poor taste, but its not racist.