let me lay it on the line as simply as possible

in AMERICA, due to the HISTORY of America concerning race

and due to this being a capitalist society where money rules

there is a socioeconomic STATUS shared more often by blacks than by others that is at the bottom of the caste (socioeconomic and political),,and so,,,in certain types of environments,, like urban areas and ghettos, we are more likely to see BLACK people (not exclusively, but mostly) and so the culture we see come from urban areas and ghettos becomes accepted as a 'black' culture

there is a socioeconomic STATUS shared more often by whites than others that is the top of the caste (socioeconomic and political) and so in certain enviornments, like suburbs and rural,,, you are more likely to see WHITE people(not exclusively but mostly) and so those cultures become accepted as 'white' culture


now,, imagine, someone growing up in America and speaking as if they were from England , using the vernacular, and the slang, ,,,I imagine without having any hatred for England, or feeling superior or inferior,, people may say ,, 'why are you speaking like you are English, or acting like you are English,,,,'etc


it is the same here, we associate certain 'cultures' with a race based upon the socioeconomic and political history and the media,, so when we see a 'vanilla ice' for instance dancing and hip hopping as if he is familiar with urban life,, and then find that he is from a posh upper class area,, he gets chastised for 'acting black'

,,because its not GENUINE ,,,,

however, there can be someone else , like say jon b, who grew up in a minority environment exposed to music by minorities ,,,performing r and b and speaking urban,,, people will also accuse him of 'acting black',,,,,when he is only acting 'urban',,,which is genuine to what is expected since that is his roots,,,

there are people who 'act' the part,, and there are people who just are who they are,,,and plenty of people grown and child alike, leap to these judgements before knowing the context or the history of the person they are judging,,,


THAT would be wrong,, jumping to the conclusion of someone being disingenuous

however, rightfully assessing someone being disingenuous , would not be wrong

,,,,,there is a time and place for everything,, people are very ADAPTABLE,, blacks have had to be VERY ADAPTABLE,,,so its not necessary to behave in one way in all situations all the time,,, we can be posh if we need to be and we can just chill if we are in casual company,,,,,


I disagree with there being one way to 'act black' or 'act white',, however I also disagree that those distinctions are always about a sense of superiority or hatred,,,