What is wrong with 'acting white'?

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allreasoned_out
allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
edited May 2011 in For The Grown & Sexy
According to some people, if you


are educated
speak proper english
are polite and well-mannered
don't believe that intimidation has to be a part of your demeanor.
etc.

then you're 'acting white'*

But if that is acting white, what is wrong with it?

Smh @ these people reserving all the good things for white people.


* Now I don't believe it is possible to act white, I'm just using the phrase 'acting white' the way some people use it.
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  • BOSS KTULU
    BOSS KTULU Banned Users Posts: 978 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    its hard man

    it takes effort
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  • [Trillmatic]
    [Trillmatic] Members Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    i guess i act white cuz i have good credit and automatic bill payments. *Jordan Shrug*
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  • And Step
    And Step Members Posts: 3,726 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    My grandma said that back in her day acting white meant you was wildin out. Because the white boys used to drive through the neighborhoods acting crazy and terrorizing people.

    Funny how times changed.
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  • Focal Point
    Focal Point Members Posts: 16,307 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    ? I didn't know you could act a color..
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  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    It is possibel to at white but none of that ? you posted in the first thread is not what acting white is.. See Jesse lee Peterson. Google him
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  • haute
    haute Members Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    lol @ trying to 'act a race'

    sounds real educated
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  • Mr. AJ
    Mr. AJ Members Posts: 1,706 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    haute wrote: »
    lol @ trying to 'act a race'

    sounds real educated

    What is this supposed to mean? Didn't you read that I said that I'm only using the phrase the way other people use it?
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    playmaker88 wrote: »
    It is possibel to at white but none of that ? you posted in the first thread is not what acting white is.. See Jesse lee Peterson. Google him

    I don't recall ever hearing about him, but I just googled him. He's conservative, but I don't see how that can involve 'acting white'.
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  • haute
    haute Members Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    allreasoned_out wrote: »
    What is this supposed to mean? Didn't you read that I said I I'm only using the phrase the way other people use it?

    yes and even so, why encourage people to use it in that way????

    It's ridiculous
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    haute wrote: »
    yes and even so, why encourage people to use it in that way????

    It's ridiculous

    So because I'm supposedly encouraging people to use the phrase I'm not educated? That's ridiculous. I don't believe that is what you meant; just admit that you didn't read my post in full. That doesn't make you look as bad.
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  • haute
    haute Members Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    allreasoned_out wrote: »
    So because I'm supposedly encouraging people to use the phrase I'm not educated? That's ridiculous. I don't believe that is what you meant; just admit that you didn't read my post in full. That doesn't make you look as bad.

    just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean I didn't read it

    I meant what I said
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  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    allreasoned_out wrote: »
    I don't recall ever hearing about him, but I just googled him. He's conservative, but I don't see how that can involve 'acting white'.

    Has nada to do with his conservatism..
    PimpMVP wrote: »
    yo...stop trying to be so "educated" sometimes and relax.. that ? get old fast and most people just skip over your post...your annoying


    Thats the most ******ish ? i ever heard .. Congrats
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  • Punisher__
    Punisher__ Members Posts: 3,031 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    "Acting white" is a phrase that ? ass n!ggers came up with because they were mad that they lacked the ability to speak in complete sentences.
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    PimpMVP wrote: »
    yo...stop trying to be so "educated" sometimes and relax.. that ? get old fast and most people just skip over your post...your annoying

    I'm not trying to be educated. I'm just being myself.
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  • ChillaDaKilla
    ChillaDaKilla Members, Banned Users Posts: 7,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    blackface.jpg

    T/S stay cooning
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  • rapstar39
    rapstar39 Members Posts: 521
    edited February 2010
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    yawn this thread is wack
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  • missiamtheshit
    missiamtheshit Members Posts: 949 ✭
    edited February 2010
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    well to me acting white is pretending you are NOT black or whateva ethnicity that you are

    just to satisfy another person or employer
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  • Yung_Souf_Money
    Yung_Souf_Money Members Posts: 4,019 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    what is acting white?
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  • Ibex
    Ibex Members Posts: 7,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    SMH ya'll haven't figured out T/S is a white alias...
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    missiamtheshit wrote: »
    well to me acting white is pretending you are NOT black or whateva ethnicity that you are

    just to satisfy another person or employer

    How can you pretend that you are not black? Blackness is just a set of physical features.
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  • Eternal Bachelor
    Eternal Bachelor Members Posts: 656 ✭
    edited February 2010
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    allreasoned_out wrote: »
    According to some people, if you


    are educated
    speak proper english
    are polite and well-mannered
    don't believe that intimidation has to be a part of your demeanor.
    etc.

    then you're 'acting white'*

    But if that is acting white, what is wrong with it?

    Smh @ these people reserving all the good things for white people.


    * Now I don't believe it is possible to act white, I'm just using the phrase 'acting white' the way some people use it.

    nothing is wring with it per se...BESIDES

    the negative connotation it gives....whats 'acting black' then? drinking 40s, driving box chevys sittin on 24s...baby mommas?...

    see where im going with this?
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  • Punisher__
    Punisher__ Members Posts: 3,031 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    CzySxyCool wrote: »
    *correction* not of this is "acting white"... its actually just being professional

    Being professional is the new white.
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  • allreasoned_out
    allreasoned_out Members Posts: 2,696 ✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    These clowns want white people to have all the good traits. Smh.
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  • DarcSkies777
    DarcSkies777 Members Posts: 5,600 ✭✭✭
    edited February 2010
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    First of all the fact that most people believe "Acting white" is in some way POSITIVE or something to brag about is a serious problem right there.

    Speaking properly is acting white? REALLY? MOst crackers sound more like Larry the Cable Guy than James Bond. So "sounding white" isn't something one should aspire to. Most whites have never graduated from college so once again...why the ? would you wanna be white? White people are polite and well mannered? You seen the Rodney King beating ? ? That wasnt polite worth a damn.

    THe reality is if you really want to "Act white" you do the following:

    1. Lie on people for no other reason than they're people of color.
    2. ? as many women as possible because you can
    3. ? upwards of 5-25 people in a mass murder spree because ? told you to in a voice in your head
    4. Make excuses for racists and then call whoever calls you out on it a "reverse racist"
    5. Steal as much land and property from natives as you can and use religion as an excuse
    6. Kidnap as many people as possible and lock them in your basement for slave labor.
    7. Have the vocabulary of Sarah Palin's ? son and call it "sourthern twang" but call blacks who use slang "ghetto."

    BASICALLY BE THE MOST DISGUSTING, IGNORANT AND POPPUS ? OF A SUBHUMAN BEING YOU CAN...OK now you're "Acting White."
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