Danna Fakhoury

By Danna Fakhoury You should thank Black culture for the language that your favorite influencers and TikTokers — and likely some of your friends — appropriate every day. While African American English (AAE), also known as African American Vernacular English (AAVE) or African American Language (AAL), has been appropriated across the internet, it’s often seen as “slang” that needs correcting — in the workplace, in pop culture, at school.

By Danna Fakhoury You should thank Black culture for the language and culture your favorite influencers and TikTokers, and likely some of your friends, appropriate every day. Whether or not it's recognized, mainstream U.S. popular culture and its language has been profoundly influenced by African American English, which is a complex, structured and evolving idiom.

By Danna Fakhoury When Eléonore Merza Bronstein went to pick up her child from school, she noticed four military tanks decorated with the Israeli flag in the school’s lobby. They had been crafted out of toilet paper cartons painted in green and brown. That was her breaking point. Bronstein and her husband, Eitan Bronstein Aparicio, made the decision to leave Israel in December 2019.