how do i not act black how does one act or not act a certain color or race?

Answer 1

acting black is a stereotype associated with speaking improper English, dressing inappropriately, speaking loudly, acting rude, etc.

actually, to act authentically black, one must carry themselves with high esteem, honor, dignity and respect for ones self and others...like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Barrack Obama, Bill Cosby, etc. you get the picture.

Answer 2

What people seem to not realize is how much they generalize people and how often these generalizations are racist and prejudice. You can't act a certain color or race, but you can act the way a certain color or race is generalized as (if that makes any sense). Respect yourself and people will respect you, and never mind about acting a certain race. What they probably meant by saying that you act "black" is that you don't respect yourself and show a certaain level of class, however racist and untrue that may be. Being African American myself, and also being extremely against prejudice of any kind, you can't say all members of any race act or don't act a certain way.

Answer 3

I think it is funny that you say you act a certain race. But I think you mean that you do not act stereo typically. I feel it has nothing to do with race but some people feel that acting black is as follows:
You speak a certain slang
You listen to Rap music
You walk a certain way
You hang out with the brothers and you have a lot of bling
etc

Race is just what your dna or god depending on what you believe made your skin hair etc look. you cannot not act a race otherwise I would be able to change my race by acting a certain way.. cannot be done.

Answer 4

By "acting black" do you mean stereotypical, or what? People act like their environment. If you don't want to sound uneducated, put yourself in an educated environment, dress nicely, ENUNCIATE YOUR WORDS, and don't wear tons and tons and tons of jewelry. You'll at least appear at lot better, even if your behaviour doesn't quite dictate it. As for acting a certain colour or race, like I said, people are a product of their environment. Ever seen a white man acting like a stereotypical black man? Yeah. It's all about how you were raised and who your friends are, more than anything else. There's no specific racial standard these days.

Answer 5

White folks are considered unable to dance with no rhythm...also we are considered out of touch with the in crowd.

Do you see that this is just a stereotype that the media culture generates.

I understand what you mean by acting black. That stereotype also comes from music videos and movies.

I have watched the black comedy central tour...black comedians poke fun at their race talking in movie theaters...i think this behavior snowballed when it drew attention as a stereotype.

I guess i don't know how to answer your question because i am not black.

Once when I was working as a store asst. manager a black co-worker said she was going to whoop my *** and I said what do you want to do? ??? I haven't been in a fight since I was 8. She walked away and laughed at me and that's the big difference isn't it. The racial gap that i have not had to fight for my race and black people have to fight every day to be heard and not discriminated against.

Answer 6

acting a like a certain color or race is based completely on stereotypes of those races. It is far better to be yourself than to try to act out a false perception based on a few individuals.

Answer 7

Black is a color not a race. Be human instead of a color. If I acted green all the time that would just be silly.

In otherwords, be yourself.

Answer 8

The way you talk would help, (don't speak with too much slang or ebonics), you could stop from wearing pants around your ankles (that would help), don't put gold or silver, or spinning rims onto your car. Hope this helps in your quest not to act black. Stereotypes and appearances, come in every race, we can enjoy our differences, or be treated with disrespect or be frowned upon by the majority of "normal", it your choice.

Answer 9

I don't know how one race is supposed to act but I say if you aren't acting like the ones that say you don't act Black it means you are educated or more educated...than they are.

Answer 10

True! Be yourself, because there is only one you, and that is a beautiful thing. There is nothing wrong with the way you act or don't. I am a Mexican/American, and I'm always saying or doing something that comes from my culture without even realizing it. It's just the way it is, it's the way I was raised. I know Mexicans who are more influenced by their Mexican ways than their American ways, and Mexicans who are more influenced by their American ways than their Mexican ways. Their is no right or wrong way to be as long as you're not hurting anybody. You are what you are, and that's what makes life interesting.

Answer 11

Its a stereotype like any other. If your proper and educated your not black enough. If you like diffrent types of music thats not a prodominately black genere your not black enough. If your not acting Ghetto your not black enough. Blacks streotype themselves as well. You can't act like anything you are who you are. Some people don't understand that all black people don't act the same. Some of us have way diffrent experiences in life that makes us more diverse and I like it that way. Keep being who you are.