However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more different from other dialects.
“I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credenc”
“Somebody warned me early on to be very careful about brushing up against the chocolate.”