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Sinners’ To Debut On Max As First Show
With ‘Black American Sign Language’ Translation

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Posted By: konocti95, 7/1/2025 9:29:02 PM

On July 4th, the movie “Sinners” will become the first show to be interpreted into “Black American Sign Language (BASL),” per a press release from Warner Bros. The entertainment company described it as “a major step forward in accessibility, representation, and visibility in streaming.” “BASL is a distinct dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) with its own dynamic history and unique grammar, signing space, rhythm, facial expressions, and cultural nuances,” the release stated. “For the first time, the Black Deaf community will have streaming access to a more

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 7/1/2025 9:31:11 PM (No. 1971873)
What a racist crock.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ProudEagle 7/1/2025 9:32:51 PM (No. 1971874)
OFFS!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: earlybird 7/1/2025 9:39:44 PM (No. 1971878)
If, say, a black person has been deaf from birth how would they know the difference?, Sounds like a stunt.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: konocti95 7/1/2025 9:46:50 PM (No. 1971879)
Black American Sign Language (BASL)...who knew? Twenty-five years ago I stayed at Galladuet University, the deaf university in Washington DC. The students typed to each other on small, hand held radio typewriters. They were years ahead in technology. I'm not surprised that sign language has different dialects, and why not?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: PChristopher 7/1/2025 9:49:47 PM (No. 1971880)
This is the definition of virtue signalling and pandering. Oh yes! Let's promote sloppy English! Please, by all means!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 7/1/2025 10:04:35 PM (No. 1971884)
Sign language for Ebonics?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: PESSIMIST 7/1/2025 10:14:31 PM (No. 1971885)
Why not Wakandaese?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: SweetPea3 7/1/2025 10:45:01 PM (No. 1971887)
How many ways are there to sign, "mutha ph***er"?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mc squared 7/1/2025 11:06:07 PM (No. 1971889)
Don't even axe.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: NotaBene 7/1/2025 11:36:55 PM (No. 1971895)
President Trump said that English is our language and that we are spending 78 billion in translation services. Are these people deaf?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 7/1/2025 11:50:42 PM (No. 1971897)
So a black zombie movie gets incoherent baboon signing.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Catherine 7/2/2025 12:29:44 AM (No. 1971900)
Seems to me this is a way to, again, keep the races divided. I guess it doesn't bother me but it does sound a bit silly.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Strike3 7/2/2025 4:25:03 AM (No. 1971911)
They got their own TV networks years ago yet they keep spilling over into all of them. I see nothing but confusion coming out of this but at least we won't hear the whining.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: AbingtonJim 7/2/2025 5:12:19 AM (No. 1971916)
Is this something they made up, like Kwanzaa?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Periwinkel 7/2/2025 5:57:34 AM (No. 1971919)
Why???
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Strike3 7/2/2025 6:56:17 AM (No. 1971941)
#8, they have their own shortened version - mo-fo. Other unique phrases like dindu nuffin, cracka and bro definitely call for their own signs.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: skacmar 7/2/2025 7:07:01 AM (No. 1971950)
Aren't there subtitles on deaf Black people's television? Maybe they need black sign language because they can't read the subtitles (thanks failed school system).
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Reply 18 - Posted by: smak90 7/2/2025 7:14:31 AM (No. 1971955)
All designed to keep blacks separated from the mainstream so they can easily be manipulated. Unfortunately they fall for it and think they are getting special treatment for being special. Ultimately it is designed to break down and make communication more difficult between blacks and all other races.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: udanja99 7/2/2025 7:33:36 AM (No. 1971966)
Ebonics sign language? What? Can deaf black Americans not understand plain English sign language? This is insulting to all blacks.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: janjan 7/2/2025 8:06:22 AM (No. 1971976)
For sure, fake southern accents and bad grammar is a culture to be proud of.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: jdano 7/2/2025 8:49:15 AM (No. 1971995)
Fo shizzle.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Venturer 7/2/2025 9:14:01 AM (No. 1972003)
One Country--------Indivisible. My ass.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 7/2/2025 9:56:26 AM (No. 1972025)
I wonder how "mo fo" looks in BASL. Or how 'bout "dindunuffin"?
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Lesthanzero 7/2/2025 11:55:10 AM (No. 1972077)
On the surface it sounds like something from Dave Chappelle's sketch book.
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