"You don't act your race/age/etc etc."

I think the people who would say "You don't sound <race>" are the biggest, most prejudiced racists there are. They deny the possibility for a <race> person to be how he or she wants to be, and say that you have to be how society wants you to be instead. That's so very wrong.

Racism might not be their intention, but a racist manifesto is what they are expressing. If a black person wants to use ebonics, that's their choice. If they want to speak in perfectly formed grammatical sentances, that too is their choice. How you act should never be constrained by your race, any more than the opportunities you get in life should be.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

Amen, Brother! Now, would you mind convincing some of these idiots I live around that it's OK to look and act intelligent? But seriously, it is annoying when people keep accusing me of sounding "white". Just how does one sound any race anyway?

I'm damned if I know, but this fucking annoying shit popped up on another forum I go to just last week. This asshole of a teenager got on his high horse telling these two (pretty cool) girls that they "act white", in a discussion about the use of ebonics. They both are black, in case it's not clear. He made it into this whole debate about how they apparently need to act blacker, if they expect to get respect from him. Fortunately, asshole got banned.

The interesting thing is that I never knew that one of them was. That's how it should be on the net. People are all the same, when you can't see or hear them, right? Not according to our friend. He thinks that if you don't talk (and type) that way, then you must be ashamed, or something.

There's nowhere I can't reach.