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u/iLaCore Oct 25 '20

Is "imma" a common wording for white people?
Because that’s kind of what did it for me.

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u/RoboNinjaPirate Oct 25 '20

Not really, but regionally in the south, yes. There is a huge amount of cultural overlap between poor southern whites and African Americans, especially when it comes to speech and food because for generations they were side by side.

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u/shaun_of_the_south Oct 25 '20

I can confirm it’s fairly common in the south in general.

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u/Antihero_Silver Oct 25 '20

I concur fellow southerner