potoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1702arrow-down120
arrow-up1682arrow-down1imageA Jamaican accent just makes me smilelemmy.worldpotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square61linkfedilink
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days 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-down2·2 days agoi am aware of what creoles and pidgins are, yes. making fun of them is racism.
minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days 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.