Why did black people stop saying “right on?”
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Westbama Heartthrob
Irregular Zero
Cause I'm a leftist 
Apprentice
RIP Doughboy Roc
Right on brudda let’s get it
Apprentice
RIP Doughboy Roc
raoulduke187
All Star
Do West Coast dudes still say "mark ass buster"?
caught me off guard wit that comment
Amo Husserl
Superstar
PE was probably making a linguistic ref. to black power slang.
"Right on" was, far as I can recall, part of the Black Power era.
Once that era was done away with, the slang went with it.
There's been studies into black vernacular, my research don't go deep enough into the changes.
Not to mention the generational disconnect among black people.
"Right on" was, far as I can recall, part of the Black Power era.
Once that era was done away with, the slang went with it.
There's been studies into black vernacular, my research don't go deep enough into the changes.
Not to mention the generational disconnect among black people.
JustRegularBlack
Pro
Exactly. We can bring it back. Just gotta use it.
What's the mathematics on you calling me a hotep God?
2 Up 2 Down
Veteran
I think white people getting a hold of it and mocking it in movies and television shows killed that fairly quick.
Youth controls our culture which is the problem.
Devilinurear
Veteran
Because op things are not right on its all off.
I haven't heard right on in real life, only seen it in old movies