Research has shown that Hand Talk is still being used by a small number of deaf and hearing descendants of the Plains Indian cultures.
“Hand Talk is endangered and dying quickly,” said Melanie McKay-Cody, who identifies herself as Cherokee Deaf and is an expert in anthropological linguistics.
McKay-Cody is the first deaf researcher to specialize in North American Hand Talk and today works with tribes to help them preserve their signed languages. She is pushing for PISL to be incorporated into mainstream education of the deaf.
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One of the best parts of having a toddler in your life that can navigate YouTube is they find some wild shit
Just learned that lalaki doesn't only mean "man", but also translates to "will grow bigger/taller". The only difference is the pronunciation:
Lalaki - man
Lalaki - will grow bigger/taller
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What you as a non-black person shouldn’t be saying (this includes non-black poc):
killin it
-game too strong (i.e. eyebrow game too strong, etc.)
-ass (i.e. That’s some ignorant-ass shit.)
hella
turnt/turnt up/turn up/turn down for what
shade/throwin’ shade
ratchet (don’t be a smartass, the adjective not the object)
werk
yas
habitual “be” (i.e. they be killin it, he be walkin, bitches be like, etc.)
the thirst/thirsty
anything being “real” (i.e. the struggle is real, the thirst is real, etc.)
the struggle
on point (i.e. outfit is on point)
chill (as in got no chill)
side-eye
stank face
cray cray
-had me like
trippin’
boo/bae
imma be
do/dough/dat
gurl/boi
basic (as in basic bitch)
holla
finna (i.e. I’m finna do xyz)
tho/doe
reading/read
school/schooling
dope
fo sho/fo real
y’all
dig/dig it/ya dig/you dig
respect (i.e. respect man)
about that/here for that (i.e. I’m not about that life, I’m here for this)
tight (i.e. this shit got me tight)
giving life (i.e. Beyonce gives me life, black tumblr giving me life)
swag
goin’ through it
Things to avoid in general because they are offensive and/or mock black culture:
Sassy (NO YOU DO NOT HAVE A SASSY BLACK WOMAN LIVING INSIDE OF YOU. STOP. LOOKIN AT YOU WHITE GAY COMMUNITY).
Do not call black hair kinky or nappy. (Don’t touch it either).
Do not call things ghetto. Just don’t.
Don’t use the word thug in relation to black men.
Do not assume black people are ignorant just because they don’t speak the same dialect of English as you do.
Don’t make fun of black names.
If you use the n-word, I have no sympathy for you. Good fucking luck.
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Dame Archer kicks McDougal’s Scots ass there in the rain at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire - August 11, 2018 - Photo by Douglas Herring
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3,2,1 let's go
*Confused be noises*
Black people do not have to be exceptional for their right to life!!!!
Repeat after me:
Black people do not have to be exceptional for their right to life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, the deer survived the initial arrow to the chest which explains the bone that grew around it, it probably died of something else like old age or, more likely, was eaten by another animal/human and for a pretty long while after since the arrow is almost completely covered by bone.
You're seeing its ribcage because it was already dead when found or the person who caught the deer was like "Metal" and kept it.
Shenanigans might have happened which meant it got handed around and is now displayed in this fancy as glass case in a museum or something
He’s got a point