Often there are clear voice and accent differences. Are you saying there aren't? That would be a very strange statement.
For those around during the O.J. Simpson trial, this was a very, very contentious topic during the trial!
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Race, ethnicity, accent, language — all of these are complex topics with plenty of nuances. Short of writing a dissertation, no simple reply on a web forum will appropriately capture them. The good news is, we don’t need to, since most Americans are familiar with African American English, whether they know the term itself or not, because African Americans have constituted a distinct culture in the US for all of the country’s history.