My topic proposal for project four will be very similar to what I discussed in project two. I am going to make a power point or a webpage discussing different methods and ways with AAVE is discussed in the digital space. This time I feel like I will have more freedom and I can make it more in-depth. I would be able to look at a variety of pop culture based cites, not just blackplanet.com, which is what I would used before. I would use the bases of what I used before that it is pretty much discriminated against in the digital space, however there are many places where AAVE is accepted and appropriated.
I also want focus on more of the pop culture theme instead of the scholarly articles. I want to go on more famous and popular sites to look if AAVE is appropriated such as MTV.com and other spaces such as that. Instead of my web page or PowerPoint being directed solely toward the scholarly college persons I want to direct it toward teenagers. I want the youth to benefit from learning about AAVE because they are the ones who will affect the outcomes and difference in generations to come. I want to take advantage of all of the music that is out there and that is very popular with students and somehow incorporate it into my presentation or webpage. I want to show how features of AAVE is shown greatly in very popular and well liked music to date. Also I think I would like to go out in the actual field and document a student or students using AAVE and incorporate that into my webpage. Show how it is actually used to day and how that has changed over the past thirty years since the introduction of Ebonics as an actual Language. Lastly, even though I believe that the main focus of my project will be how current and hip using AAVE in the mainstream media is, I would like to have a small focus on how using it in the quote on quote real world affects people. How some people struggle with getting jobs, a good education, are discriminated against, etc. for using AAVE in their everyday language. I think this will be a key factor in my project and will show the other side as to why there is still that notion of discrimination against AAVE.
Overall I want to show how AAVE may be discriminated against, but it is very popular in the young generation. If you look at music or magazines AAVE is appropriated everywhere and it is almost “hip” and in style to be current with AAVE terms and usage. Knowing the meaning and phrases of Lil Wayne and TI and T-Pain alike are very important in our generation today so I want to reflect that in my PowerPoint and or webpage.