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Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest
This is sooo true and I wish people would get it. I have navigated both worlds (predominantly black vs. predominantly white) all my life and noticed that when a Black person is called out for "acting white" by other Blacks, it's not always because the person is being accused of speaking well and having high academic standards. A lot of times they are speaking of the person's disconnection to their culture and other Blacks. I have watched some of these persons purposely not speak or interact with other Black people and try to act like and do what their white peers were doing, including allowing their own hair to break off and fall out because they were washing it every day and using products (with drying agents) not meant for their hair texture. This kind of thing is what is meant often times when a Black person is accused of "acting white."
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Co-sign!
Black culture cannot be reduced to low socioeconomic status, bad grades, and "broken English" and "Ebonics." There is more to understanding and identifying with Blackness and what people mean when they think someone is disconnected from it.
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