DW 2a.

Question: Select one of your three websites to analyze carefully. Here, you will want to identify a major argument as to how AAVE seems to be discussed and/or appropriated, and then refer to specific examples, quotes, and passages on the web site to support your claim. We'll also talk at length as to how websites should be cited in MLA.
I selected to look up a website called, www.bet.com, to find out how AAVE seems to be discussed and/or appropriated in an article. The reason why I chose www.bet.com out of all the possible websites that I could use is 1) bet channel on the TV is generally known as being watched mainly by Young African Americans. So I felt that I could find many articles that is written as AAVE (African American Vernacular English). One article that grabbed my attention imediately as I went on to the bet website was called, "50 Cent Targets DJ Khaled's Mother In New Video". Not every letters obviously is written as African American Vernacular English on the article itself.
However, the author of the article discussed AAVE as "One of cool languages that person can use while talking to the others". There are specific examples or quotes that support what I said in the last sentence. “I know where your mama [sic] house at, now look you can see, but I just wanna tell you what a psychic told me.” In this sentence, 50 Cent is saying directly to DJ Khaled that he (50 Cent) knows where DJ Khaled's mother is living at. Words, such as "mama", and "sic", mainly used by African Americans. Also, "“I just wanna tell you what a psychic told me, I’m not the kinda n***a you should f*** with,” 50 says. “I’m special.”". These two sentences is being described as 50 Cent's usage of AAVE is being cool, popular, and even special. I think that the reason, why the author used these quotes in this article, is that a person, who speak AAVE is definitely a special and cool person. 50 Cent even says that "I'm special". Also, in the first sentence of this quote, "..., I'm not the kinda n***a you should f*** with,", made me feel that 50 Cent is a special person that one shouldn't possibly mess with. This sentence contains so strong meaning for me while I was reading this article. Also, the author appropriates AAVE as the language that makes person to feel as a special one, popular one, and etc.
Therefore, after I read this article, "50 Cent Targets DJ Khaled's Mother In New Video" by Anthony Springer Jr. , this article affected my opinion or knowledge about AAVE and people who use that language prior to read this article. My opinion, before reading this article, was 'The AAVE is mainly used by African Americans in music or rap usually. And it describes a person, who sing in AAVE language, to be a rebellious or cocky person.' However, now I am being somewhat affected by this article and how Anthony Springer Jr., the author of this article, that AAVE maybe a language that makes a person more special or popular around others. Overall, the topic and article itself was interesting for me, Asian student, to read. Even though, I couldn't really relate myself to how 50 Cent, one of people who use mainly AAVE, is being described in this article by Anthony Springer Jr.