Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences
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I think people associate ‘proper’ talking like they do on the TV news with white people because that’s who is on TV so much. Think of how many TV newspeople are white and how many are black and how they all talk. I live in the South, and let me tell you, most white people do NOT talk like that. We aren’t all Katie Couric. Your proper voice is your professional voice–I talk way more professional in job interviews and on the phone than I do when I’m just gossiping with my family and friends. No labels necessary.
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Name : Abby, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Methodist, Age : 26, City : Memphis, State : TN, Country : United States, Occupation : homemaker, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,No that does not make you white – I speak proper, I can understand ebonics but I choose to speak proper; it’s just a language. I mean some whites speak ebonics and that doesn’t make them black. Some people are just simply intimidated by your proper talk but that’s their problem don’t let them discourage you from doing so.
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Name : Angel, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 24, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,No. You, as a person, are unique. Everyone is different. All my life I have been called a ‘sellout’ because my nose ‘is white’. This meaning my nose is straight and pointy. Not the stereotypical ‘wide’ nose of black people. All people come in all shapes and there are many noses to each ethnicity. Also, my hair is thick, straight, and has a lot of body — ‘white’. I can also speak grammatically correct English–doesn’t mean anything other than that. I, too, can speak in a Southern, or (ebonically) ‘black’ accent. Just because you can/do speak properly doesn’t mean you’re a sellout. It just means you (also) know and can utilize proper speech. Nothing more. Nothing less. You are only a sellout if you aren’t true to yourself.
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Name : Whitney, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 25, City : Tunica, State : MS, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Did you change your hair to fit in or do you really prefer it that way? If you did it to make yourself more physically appealing to yourself and to others, then you’re definitely not a sell out. If you did it to fit in, then you are. As for your voice, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. The way I talk to my friends is different than the way I talk to my professors, grandparents, bosses. I assume that it’s normal.
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Name : Christy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : american, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 22, City : jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Occupation : starving college student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class,Honey, you are a sellout. Plain and sure.
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Name : June28696, Gender : F, Age : 28, City : New York, State : NY, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class,I am also 12 and can relate to your problem. People say I act like I am white because I talk different from the way they do. I also get straight A’s. All I can say is that you cannot change other people’s minds. But I will say, that if anyone says you act white, say, how can you act white or black, or any other race? It makes no sense, at all. Just hold your head up high, and know that you are black, educated and will get somewhere in life. As for your other friends, racial categorizing will get them in low places of society.
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Name : Makallay, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 12, City : Greenbelt, State : MD, Country : United States, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class,
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