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13056468, Reality TV putting captions on black people talking Posted by atruhead, Fri Aug-12-16 12:54 AM
We watch (well, I zone out while it's on) a lot of reality television in my household. Especially with shows on networks like TVOne catered to black viewers, they treat slang/ebonics/AAVE or even accents like they're another language that needs to be translated
at first it was kind of funny on the Flex & Shanice show with this old dude
http://server.myspace-shack.com/d21/uncle%20spirit%20worked%20in%20a%20steel%20mill.jpg
but the more I see it, it feels inappropriate like the joke is on us i.e. http://oi65.tinypic.com/160yhph.jpg
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