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Originally Posted by 33girl
What if it's white kids doing it?? Seriously, when I go visit my dad in Hickland, I hear kids who have probably never had interaction with a black person ever talking in what would be considered black dialect. Whether it's to piss off their parents, to try to sound cool, or to mock black people, at any rate it's ridiculous.
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Which is why I said ethnicity and/or socio-economic background. Often kids with less money gravitate toward other kids with less money and if you consider that most of the wealth in this country is in the hands of whites, you can discern who is more likely to be at a lower socio-economic status. People poke fun at whites in trailer parks calling them "white trash." But, doing so only reinforces the break between them and "higher" society.
The white kids with money who do the things you mentioned are (as you said) trying to piss off their parents, sound cool and - probably less often - mocking black people. What's the statistic? 90% of the wealth is in the hands of 10% of the people? Human beings want to belong...that's who we are. So if you're in that 10% or if you have money, you either assimilate to your parents' culture or you try to fit in with the other 90% of the population by doing things that you *think* make you look like you're "down" and you're still "cool" even though you have money.