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the G-man said:
Here's an interesting story from Raleigh, N.C.:

    Smart black students being accused of "acting too white" is an issue Triangle educators are debating at a youth and race conference this week.

    Students say the stigma is keeping some of their peers from doing well in school.

    Tenth grader Anais Guzman is on the honor roll. She says some of her peers see the achievement as acting too "white."

    "They can get high grades but they don't want to because they'll be considered as acting white, so they put white people down," Guzman said.


Meanwhile, you also have black adults being subjected to the trope of "acting white" as well--for espousing conservative political positions or joining the Republican Party.

The idea that achievement is "white" and lack thereof is "black" is an ugly stereotype that no doubt originated in white racism.

Unfortunately, the problem today isn't just that some whites believe it; it is that some blacks have internalized it and recast it as a point of pride.


they should watch that Fresh Prince episode where Will calls his Uncle "white" and his uncle yells at him.

Bow ties are coool.