this. usually that "people said i sound white" shyt comes from people that really do sound white, but they try to spin it on some "because i'm intelligent and i'm a free-thinker (aka c00n)".
When You Tell a Black Person They Act White
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desjardins
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I use to think "talking white" was not a real thing......but nope it is 
You can pretty much tell if a black person grew up in close proximity to other black people by the way they pronounce their words, speaking mannerisms and the slang they use
There are plenty of good speakers who have vast vocabularies, pronounce words correctly and speak in proper english who still sound distinctly black
Obama, Farrakhan, and Cornel West are some obvious examples but there are plenty more
You can pretty much tell if a black person grew up in close proximity to other black people by the way they pronounce their words, speaking mannerisms and the slang they use
There are plenty of good speakers who have vast vocabularies, pronounce words correctly and speak in proper english who still sound distinctly black
Obama, Farrakhan, and Cornel West are some obvious examples but there are plenty more
Yeah, and I actually think it goes further than that. They usually have some deep psychological issues with blackness and this is just some bullshyt they come up with in their heads to justify it.
Its like a black men and women who only date white people and use all kinds of random ass excuses under the sun as to why they don't date black when in actuality they just have a lot of hatred toward blackness. Or Africans who claim they were called an African Booty Scratcher in the 5th grade and thats why they dont associate with Black Americans. Its just another flavor of that shyt.
Tribal Outkast
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This video is the definition of doing too much. I get it but damn.. Did they have to devalue it to chicken and Jordans? Just say black folks aren’t a monolith and keep it moving. All this over melancholy lol. I know that word because I learned it in like kindergarten.. I went to damn near all black schools my whole life outside of like second grade and middle school. We learned those words too. There’s plenty black people that use words like melancholy. I still use it to this day.
Laidbackman
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Anybody here think saying "Move Night" is a little on the White side? In fact, do you know anybody Black that even have a 'Movie Night' with their children or family. I guess there's nothing wrong with having a particular night you or your family go to the movies. For example every Tuesday, which is today, AMC has a discount, and I try to catch one, if they're showing a half decent movie. But there aren't enough half decent movies out there to go see once a week, especially if you're Black, which makes it even more funnier to call it "Movie Night".
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it’s like folks already forgot about brother Barry
LOL!!!!!!
Exactly, been that way since I was child, never once have I heard "oreo", "acting white", etc., I swear this mainly pertains to people that pride themselves on these things, very basic things, and as a result expect praise for it and treat it as some kind of badge of honor. My vocabulary and speech wasn't even the result of academia, it was the results of playing games, watching debates, and my family constantly moving due to army related stuff, which resulted in me never picking up a region based dialect.
Funny to see a thread made about this video, I saw it in my recommendations, watched to first few seconds and cut it off because I could tell what he was getting at. Really, what happens with people like that, is they engage with less fortunate people that didn't have equal levels of schooling or an incentive to further reading levels and as a result, yes, there are different levels of words they don't understand or are able to use. Instead of taking issue with our varying degrees of educational systems in place that create such circumstances, queue the pseudo-intellectual, ready to make some big deal out of it as a means of propping themselves up, instead of looking to help others.
Big rant, I know, some things just annoy me to all hell, this being one of them. shyt, one more thing, I have written for money at all levels of education, barring possibly graduate level, so I have a decent grasp of the language and writing, not once would I ever think to use "melancholy" outside of a literary setting. So if I come across people talking like that, let alone drawing attention to it, I'm out.
And dude didn't even use the word right, it's "melancholic" within that context.
But I will reserve that blame for systems in place that likely led to that misunderstanding.
Lol I've been told literally my entire life that I sound white. I pronounce my er's and everything even without noticing. As a kid, it used to bother me but not so much now. I can't control where I grew up or who I grew up around. It is what it is.
Laidbackman
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I guess every Black generation behind the next probably sound a little more White.. For example, we didn't say, "my mom", "my dad", "you guys", or "you all". To be honest, "weird" and "goofy" were once White words. More Blacks started saying, "My Dad" or "My Mom" in the mid and late 90's it seems.
But I don't think we'll every start using White terms like, "groovy", or "f***king A", or "you f***king jerk off". I can think of a few other White terms that never crossed over as well. But most here probably never heard of them, since they use to say them in the 70's.
Another thing you won't believe is, going down on a girl use to be a White thing only. Speaking of girls, if you ever had a girlfriend that said "droors" instead of "draws", she probably swirled.
But I don't think we'll every start using White terms like, "groovy", or "f***king A", or "you f***king jerk off". I can think of a few other White terms that never crossed over as well. But most here probably never heard of them, since they use to say them in the 70's.
Another thing you won't believe is, going down on a girl use to be a White thing only. Speaking of girls, if you ever had a girlfriend that said "droors" instead of "draws", she probably swirled.
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Laidbackman
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Sounding a little White is one thing, but identifying with them is all together different, especially when that's the reason why they sound White. Most Black people should know the difference by now.
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My problem with this is this doesn't really apply to black people born outside of the US, who have their own way of "sounding".
xXOGLEGENDXx
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That's the line that brings the real c00n out of people
"You sound white"
"OH! Is it because I know how to speak proper English? Is it because I don't wanna smoke weed with Ray-Ray? Is it because I don't have 5 baby mamas? Is it because I don't act like a criminal? Huh? Is it because I'm not trying to act like a hood rapper? Huh?"
".....Uh nah breh. It's because you just sound like a white person.
"
"You sound white"
"OH! Is it because I know how to speak proper English? Is it because I don't wanna smoke weed with Ray-Ray? Is it because I don't have 5 baby mamas? Is it because I don't act like a criminal? Huh? Is it because I'm not trying to act like a hood rapper? Huh?"
".....Uh nah breh. It's because you just sound like a white person.
"