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“There are no limitations or definitions to what blackness is.” @issarae

I like how some people who accuse black ppl of "acting white" feel like they're completely disconnected from anything black and/or influenced by black culture. Like ... I can like the Migos AND Harry Potter. I have grown up loving Destiny's Child, Missy Elliot, and Usher AND A:TLA almost simultaneously. I'm not nearly as out of touch as a lot of people might think. And it just doesn't work that way.

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#6: I don’t use that word and you probably shouldn’t either…

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'Acting black' What in the fuck is that? If you are black yourself and say that you need to stop instantly you don't act 'black'!!!

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Divorcing Ethnicity and Culture

A few recent events have led me to think about society’s notions of ethnicity and culture. How many times have I heard an African-American comedian start a joke with “You know how it is with us Black people, we’re…”?

What usually then follows is a listing of examples of ‘Black’ behavior and attitudes, typically of the negative variety. Baby mama drama. Drug abuse. Credit woes. No job. No income.…

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Hmm I noticed that people mimic how certain black people speak just to fit in. I have seen just about everyone except Asians do this. I have seen this encouraged by black bloggers telling their children to mimic that way of speaking just to fit in. Now I see people getting onto Iggy for doing so.

I have only heard one of her songs and she doesn't actually sound as others have insuated. Or maybe it was just that one song, Fancy. Anyway, I'm not fond of anyone that mimics another group just to fit in, please you come off as desperate and insecure, just stop and be yourself. If these people cannot accept you as "one of them" as you are, then so be it.

The same issue with Vanilla Ice in the 90's, dude you should have just stayed as you are and let others whine about your street cred. I say that for Taylor Swift [she was kicked out of the Country genre right?], you should be able to do whatever you want to do without trying to fit in.

Then again there are certain black people that will pressure you to mimic them, or else they become offended. I know, it's a strange world we live in. A world where every move is threatened by a ticking bomb of offense. Every move is the wrong move in some way or another.

I state this because I know people are trying to make this seem as if some other victim/oppression issue, but actually this issue extends across the board. Again, I have heard black individuals, white individuals, Hispanic individuals speak the way a certain group speaks in the black community for a variety of reasons: 1) to fit in, 2) not to seem as if you are 'talking down to them' (they become offended), 3) not to be mocked...and so forth.

Observation is key here and there are some scholarly articles...perhaps studies about this phenomenon. You can Google a few yourself, start by searching for "acting white". Since there is a concept of "acting white", then there is another concept called "acting black" both extended beyond what others say here. Societal pressure, group pressure-we must conform to whatever dominant group is present. For instance, the video of the older white man "being accepted by the black people around him" by doing some dance keen to what is acceptable to that group of black people. The comments from the various bloggers on this site confirm that there is more to this than what meets the eye. As you can, see some of the behavior is acceptable, others are not.