Re: "Sinners" To Debut On Max As First Show With "Black American Sign Language" Translation

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 02:08:35 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
wrote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:27:21 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
wrote:
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* Of course, there will  now be a pile of nutty conspiracy theories
that black deaf people were purposely taught a different version to
"keep them in their place" ... or that black deaf people were taught a
different version so they could keep conversations secret from their
"white oppressors" ... or ...  :-\
>

So is it just a few extra words or is it a completely different
language? Seems to me that would make all the difference.

It's just minor differences since BASL is based off of ASL (hence
Black American Sign Language.) It seems to be a fairly small group of
people keeping it alive (around 400-500 thousand people in America.)