Awkwafina (aka Nora Lum) took her career to new heights by playing Katy in Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, but will no longer have a presence on Twitter after criticism of her use of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) reached a crescendo.
For those unaware, AAVE is a documented type of English commonly spoken by Black people in the United States. An offshoot from this is the ‘blaccent’ – a voice which stereotypically imitates an African-American dialect. Lum first used this style of speaking in her rap career and carried it over into content like Ocean’s 8. It attracted more criticism as her Marvel debut got closer and in a 2021 interview with Reuters she did say it was something she was open to speaking more about and she appreciated the nuance and complexity of the issue.
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