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Originally Posted by Assasin
hmm..peeps should just act naturally...no matter how tht be....i know areas....not jus black areas..white areas aswell..and mixed ares...tht are labeled as bad areas....ruff folks n stuff......were evryone respect each other.....dont mean they actin black...........i talk how i talk....im white...but i dont put an accent on.....i dress the way i think looks good....wether it be baggy trousers and t-shirts or not...i walk how i walk.....i dont make effort to do these differently......white people live in tough areas too.......its just tht those people arent influenced by hip-hop..therfore dont say ghetto n stuff like tht......but they still have it hard....i hate when black people say...oh..we from the hood..its hard..white people dont know wot its like.....thts bullshit.......like i say....areas near me are ruff...my areas ruff.....drug dealin..robberies...no jobs.......and its a mixture of blacks and whites..more whites.....so has nothin to do with colour at all......so white peeps do know wot its like......dont say they dont.......and u cannot act black...no one can......there are black doctors..and black lawyers...so if someone tells me im actin black...does tht mean im actin like a doctor.......NO.....im been myself.....and im actin by what ive been influenced by.....Hip-Hop.....so u cannot act black.........but u can act hood...or act ghetto....but u cannot act black........
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Ok I feel like everyone is getting off topic. I was talking about ghetto passes and how black people hand them out to their favorite white people to start a discussion on how it's detremental and perpetuates a cycle of stereotypes among other problems as well. I believe there is no such thing as acting black , but I ALSO believe that there is a such thing as trying to immitate what you dont understand or have a full appreciation for, which can be offensive to those who know the struggle personally. The whole point is we need to stop labeling things. Period. If who you are is influenced by hip-hop thats cool, just so long as you are being a true individual because hip-hop is primarily abouot being an individual and standing out...