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It's African American Vernacular English. Calling it "uneducated and improper" can and will be perceived as racist as it's a legitimate dialect of the English language.

"African American Vernacular English" sounds like an awfully racist term for it.

...why? The term AAVE has been widely used for a while, including by Black Americans.

Because most people that use it aren't African and many aren't American.