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**BloofPailafum** · 07-12-2012, 01:18 AM

When I was growing up, I got a lot of shit for "acting white". I was never a straight-A student so it didn't really have anything to do with grades, but mostly because of the way I talked, music I listened to and the way I dressed. In elementary school (1st-4th grade mostly), I never really noticed it because most of my friends (who were white and Jewish) listened to the same things, talked the same way, etc. But as I got older people started making comments about it. Mostly black classmates and my cousins especially. When I was younger I was very involved in Ballet and a lot of the music I listened to was classical. I remember one instance where these girls in my class (black) asked me what my favorite artist was and I was like "I REALLY like Tchaikovsky!"

And they looked at me like I was crazy and asked why I didn't listen to Ginuwine and Usher (this was back in like, '96.) I had lots of issues with them being really nasty to me in general.

I used to be really embarrassed about it, but my desire to be myself has always been stronger than my desire to try and fit in with people, so I never really tried to pretend I didn't like the music I liked, or try to dress in a certain way so people didn't think I was "acting white" or whatever.

People still make comments sometimes, but IDGAF. And in my experience, I honestly can't really think of any time any of my non-black friends have been the ones to accuse me of acting white. It's always been other black people, which is sad. One of my cousins, who was one of the worst at calling me oreo and making fun of my musical tastes, etc, thinks she's so cool now because she just recently started listening to rock and house that I've been listening to forever. Lol!

07-12-2012, 01:18 AM	#20
BloofPailafum Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	When I was growing up, I got a lot of shit for "acting white". I was never a straight-A student so it didn't really have anything to do with grades, but mostly because of the way I talked, music I listened to and the way I dressed. In elementary school (1st-4th grade mostly), I never really noticed it because most of my friends (who were white and Jewish) listened to the same things, talked the same way, etc. But as I got older people started making comments about it. Mostly black classmates and my cousins especially. When I was younger I was very involved in Ballet and a lot of the music I listened to was classical. I remember one instance where these girls in my class (black) asked me what my favorite artist was and I was like "I REALLY like Tchaikovsky!" And they looked at me like I was crazy and asked why I didn't listen to Ginuwine and Usher (this was back in like, '96.) I had lots of issues with them being really nasty to me in general. I used to be really embarrassed about it, but my desire to be myself has always been stronger than my desire to try and fit in with people, so I never really tried to pretend I didn't like the music I liked, or try to dress in a certain way so people didn't think I was "acting white" or whatever. People still make comments sometimes, but IDGAF. And in my experience, I honestly can't really think of any time any of my non-black friends have been the ones to accuse me of acting white. It's always been other black people, which is sad. One of my cousins, who was one of the worst at calling me oreo and making fun of my musical tastes, etc, thinks she's so cool now because she just recently started listening to rock and house that I've been listening to forever. Lol!
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