00:00I don't want to be called auntie because I'm going to be 38 next week.
00:04I'm sis. I'm cousin.
00:06See Angela Bryant, we're cousins.
00:08Baby girl, sis.
00:09That's like an affectionate...
00:11Oh, I forgot about my auntie.
00:13She said, call me what you want and don't call me auntie.
00:15Do people call you Uncle Johnny?
00:16Yeah, they do.
00:18And it's endearing.
00:19I think it's used, and the term is used, and it's endearing.
00:22And I don't look at any other body.
00:24I mean, this is what we grew up on.
00:25Totally a term of endearment, but, you know,
00:27if people don't want to be called certain things, we've got to respect that as well.
00:30But, hey, auntie.
00:31I think you have to take it on a case-by-case basis.
00:35The other day I talked about auntie Taraji,
00:37but to me she is an auntie.
00:39Like, I know her.
00:40What we call auntie means love, respect, and queen.
00:45You know, so that's how my culture took it.
00:48So I don't see anything wrong with it.
00:50I think it just means that you're loved.
00:52I think it's like an OG call for fun.
00:54But I always, like Snoop Dogg is my mentor.
00:56I was like, what's up, OG? What's up?
00:57I always call him auntie.
00:59But he love it.
00:59He don't mind it.
01:00I don't think it means age.
01:02I think it's like a majority, like the way you see that woman in your life.
01:05Like, oh, that's auntie right there.
01:07Like, she regal.
01:09She makes sure you respect her.
01:11I call her Ashanti auntie.
01:13Auntie Ashanti.
01:14So I don't, maybe they're taking it out of context.
01:17Or they're far removed from the, I don't know, the hood black experience.
01:22Oprah ain't exactly hood, but I heard she can get hood.
01:25Love her, by the way.
01:26You know, just because, you know, Oprah may be older.
01:29I mean, she's an auntie or a mother.
01:30She's like, yo, I can be your sister.
01:32Right.
01:32You know, so I think that's really more of what it is.
01:35And we have to be mindful of it.
01:36You know what I mean?
01:37Like, we can't just put people in often to do the pastor.
01:39Like, oh, you're auntie or mama?
01:40Now, nah, you sister.
01:41What's up?
01:42Why can't I be a big sis?
01:43You know what I'm saying?
01:45But auntie seems to be the term of endearment that we're getting these days.
01:49Better than being called grandma or mom.
01:52Right?
01:52Yeah.
01:53Auntie.
01:53Auntie's auntie.
01:54Because I could be a young, hot, sexy auntie.
01:56I thought it was out of respect and out of, like, endearment.
02:00But if they say they don't want to be called, you've got to respect it.
02:02Sometimes it doesn't feel like a term of endearment.
02:05Sometimes it feels like, okay, I'm not that old.
02:07Not at all.
02:09And also, yeah, but I do feel that the intention is not bad.
02:12But I have seen stuff like, there she go with that auntie hair or something like that.
02:16It's like, that was not a term of endearment.
02:18Auntie was family.
02:20It wasn't just the random woman in the neighborhood.
02:22For us in my family, it was somebody that was her actual aunt because it meant safety.
02:27And every auntie can pay attention to the night at their house.
02:29And every auntie can't cook.
02:31And every auntie can't speak into your life.
02:33And so I feel like it may be just giving it a little more honor.
02:37And not just giving it out to any and everybody once they pass a certain age, you know?
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