The only thing I know is some grammar mistakes like 'ain't' or the wrong grammatical order, which is normal in Mark Twain's fictions, using as a way to highlight the educational status of African Americans.
With the time goes by, I am thinking that maybe the author of Caroline, or Change uses it as a stereotype to express the particularity of the ethnic group. If it does work, there is must be some 'good' Characteristic to convey the African culture. Therefore, I wish people who have watched it before can give me some inspirations, thanks a lot!!!
The use of contractions such as "ain't" is not limited to English in the United States or to African-Americans. It was and is still used in London Cockney English. So this contraction (and others) were and still in use in British English dialects prior to the language migration and adoption in the United States. There are some other modern grammatical changes that have occurred in US English such as "I wrote her" which would be considered erroneous in the UK and where the correct sentence would be "I wrote to her". Again this change and its use is not limited to ethnicity or education.
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