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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
Exactly. Also, a lot of these girls haven't been shunned by their non-black peers, but by black classmates and relatives. If you're the Only in your social circle, and you haven't been excluded by your white friends--what happens when you go to visit relatives, or you're in a situation where you're around a lot of people of your ethnicity and they accuse you of "acting white"?
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It is a reciprocal relationship. Some of these people are not accused of "acting white" because they do things like speak well and get good grades. Afterall, many of us went to all white schools, were always honor students, speak well, but were able to maneuver both worlds quite well (with exception for the people who weren't accustomed to Blacks who spoke well, etc.).
Socialization is powerful and that applies to the things that I typed in the other response to you. If you take someone who has been socialized as the "Black visitor for whiteness/white privilege," that will reflect when they are all-Black settings. The Black person who is no longer "the Black person here" now has to deal with not being the center of attention. Now they are just like the rest and they will be called out if they appear disconnected, discontent, insecure, unaware, and socially inadequate based on cultural identifiers.
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