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Yuffie butter!
Shiiit, i know. I had a white barber lol.
Let's discuss white people that talk hood.
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JetFueledThoughts
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Well this depends on whether you think 'talking hood' is something blacks inherently are born with, or if different living environments produce different dialects. Do you know anything about where this kid grew up?
So lemme ask that question OP. You really think blacks and whites are born to just speak differently? Hope you weren't that kid in school who was asking the quiet black girl why she talks white all the time.
So lemme ask that question OP. You really think blacks and whites are born to just speak differently? Hope you weren't that kid in school who was asking the quiet black girl why she talks white all the time.
Sk3ptical
alhamdulillah
lets not discussed crackas 
its your logic i dont get..
how can you not see your own hypocrisy?
i get mad when rich people in maryland tell me i talk white?
and for fcks sake sometimes people just kinda stumble when it comes to breaking the ice.
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Yuffie butter!
I don't think it's inherent at all. In fact, I've damn near mastered code switching because i grew up back and forth between the hood and a small town. I'm the one that gets asked where I'm from and that "clearly isnt from round here". All this dudes friends were black and it struck me as odd that he talked like he was hood. What's the point of even having a white friend if he can't talk to the cops?!
JetFueledThoughts
Superstar
This makes sense. To be honest OP I wouldn't be surprised if he usually calls strangers 'buddy' or 'bro' and he noticed that you were black so he tried to switch up the motion a little bit.... it does make him a little bit corny but I don't think that's automatically malice.
I remember a few years ago media republicans tried to give Obama hell because he was in some environment that was majority black, and apparently he 'spoke differently' or whatever... They tried to paint him as inauthentic when that's bullshyt. It's a practice called code switching do a quick google search on it
Edit: you just reference code switching in your post so you already feel me on that
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Yuffie butter!
Breaking the ice? I see this dude every week. I'm a comedian, as is he, so when I see shyt like that I crack on it. Why you're so defensive about this is beyond me. I'll admit to being hypocritical but that doesn't change how I feel. To be completely honest, i barely understand what you're saying.
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Yuffie butter!
Lol i dont call people buddy. Normally sir or nikka (regardless of race) if the situation is informal.
JetFueledThoughts
Superstar
Sorry, my lack of comma kinda fukked up my sentence lol. Wasn't talking about you. what I meant was, to be honest OP, this white kid you're referring to usually calls strangers 'buddy' or 'bro' or something different, but maybe tried to switch it up cause he noticed you were black and thought you were like his friends.
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Yuffie butter!
I should clarify that this man is almost 40.
JetFueledThoughts
Superstar
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Yuffie butter!
You right. He sounds like a white richard pryor on stage. I find it odd.LOL. Then at this point there's just no helping that man
Ms.CuriousCat
All Star
Both sides of the argument make sense.
There is a certain "link" that exists most times with people from similar backgrounds. Whether it's the language or just that nod if someone from a different background uses it on you either through language or assumed familiarity it does come across as suspect.
That's not to say that you can't share a similar background to someone from a different ethnicity but for them to assume you do because of the colour of your skin is messed up. Though that's exactly what we do within the "Afro/non-caucasian" group
In-groups and out-groups psych 101. e.g. @End Cruelty you probably wouldn't be offended if a guy with your skin tone called you cuz I assume.
There is a certain "link" that exists most times with people from similar backgrounds. Whether it's the language or just that nod if someone from a different background uses it on you either through language or assumed familiarity it does come across as suspect.
That's not to say that you can't share a similar background to someone from a different ethnicity but for them to assume you do because of the colour of your skin is messed up. Though that's exactly what we do within the "Afro/non-caucasian" group
In-groups and out-groups psych 101. e.g. @End Cruelty you probably wouldn't be offended if a guy with your skin tone called you cuz I assume.
I saw a documentary on released inmates once and this one cac had a black man's voice. He didn't speak slang or nothing but his tone accent etc was completely Black..he was probably in his 30s but I was taken aback..he claimed he'd grown up hood etc and gotten into trouble but to this day hes the only one. All the rest I'm not sure about, seems more like an act.