Is sounding "white" a turn off?

just a gimp with a limp

 

Oh, you didn't see the end of that movie then did you homie? Wasn't no gimp and damn sure didn't have a limp did he?

 

nah he walked away crispy and clean, smartest brotha on the scene

 

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Master Yoda told you different the last time you said that. :smt080

 

I think the idea (sounding white) may not mean sounding white per se, but could be an euphemism for " you acting like you are better than us," and could be a disguise to ostracize and put down the speaker.

I am a Nigerian so I might not have a full grasp of issues as it pertains to the United States. Nevertheless, I come from a country that has a diverse ethnic population that I would refer to as over 300 ethnic nationalities even though to some black is black, yet the human computer has culture as its operating system that enables perceive things differently.

The idea of sounding white to me seems flawed in many respects. One aspect of the flaw is the assumption that all 'white' people have English as their indigenous language that the statement embraces. Maybe in United States that is the case, but in Europe that is not clearly the case.

The question then arises, why associate speaking English to being white? I guess this where the logic does not sync for me.

For all of America's strengths and its ideals, it is humbling to realise that she still evokes many practices reminiscent of practices in the third world , and so much of what obtains in many other multi-ethnic societies who are racially seen as the same are familiar in America

 

Thanks for explaining. I understood you from the get go, but it is always a pleasure to watch how you mind works in conversations. It is a beautiful mind I have noticed.

 

You're welcome...

Why thank you. That's very nice of you to say...

You made my day....

 

For me, sounding "white" is when a person of color talks with an accent typically associated with the white community.

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There is also a racist understanding of the term that conflates whiteness with sounding intelligent, but of course we know better than to assume that just because a person sounds "white" it doesn't mean that they're intelligent.

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Most importantly, when an actual white person speaks there are no grounds for the a priori belief that you will hear something intelligent.

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Alan Keyes is truly a paranoia asshole. And he's espousing morality when he in fact, decided to disown his own daughter just because of her sexual orientation. Yeah, talking about a good parent. Can't love his child.

 

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I hear this BS all the time. If I'm not talking white, I think white, I act white. I just let go a so-called friend of mine who made the remark that I'm trying too hard to be white to fit in because I want to get my masters degree. I will not ever again let my own hold me back or hold me down.