Hey, guys, you can't refer to everyone as 'guys' no more ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Come on, guys.

 

pretty sure y'all is either racist and/or an example of cultural appropriation. Either an appropriation of the original Scottish version of "you all", a thoughtless racist echo of the southern-plantation-derived plantation owner dialect, or an appropriation of AAVE.

best to abandon y'all, you guys

A brief history of y'all

The secret history of "Y'all": The murky origins of a legendary Southern slang word
The phrase "y'all" might not simply be the shortened form of "you all" — but something far more complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y'all#:~:text=Outside the southern United States,other places within the nation.

Why Non-Black Creators Need to Stop Using AAVE on Social Media
This subtle appropriation of Black culture can and should stop

 

What is AAVE? (not kidding)

Is it like hope you AAVE a good day!

Meanwhile, y'all is catching on and it cannot be stopped.

 

African American Vernacular English.

 

People who are overly militant about anti racism end up sounding like the very racists they’re against.

 

Why in the **** is this person and what in the **** is the Indy and why in the **** should anyone care?

 

This is silly bullshit and you know it...

You're not an idiot or clown but you play one on the bbs for reasons...so stop it. Shameful ****.

 

I get it. you guys want to keep your southern heritage along with your confederate flags and rebel monuments. But it's insensitive.

Is y’all AAVE?