Black People: Do you get mad when you see white suburban kids acting urban or hip hop(ish)?

Question

When this happens do you feel like someone is stealing or proud someone is imitating. Just curious...

Answer 1

Take it from a "black girl who grew up suburban," that it goes both ways. I was always teased by black kids for 'acting white'. There is no real way to answer this question, other than, be who you are. Not how the media says you should be because the white-owned media has only taken the most marketable aspects of black culture in its eyes and put it up for sale. As long as you're not experiencing "buyer's remorse," you go, boy...

Answer 2

Well, i dont neccisarily associate black wth hip hop. I mean its not a race, its a genre of music. Now, more black ppl listen to this genre and thus imitate it. So now ppl say if you follow the culture you are "actng black." But me personally, i say if someone wants to act not an uneduacted, lazy, bum and support objectifing women, promoting violence and the like... then hey thats them... i just wish ppl wouldnt associate all black ppl to this trash.

Yep, as you can tell i dont care to much for hip hop or rap or what ever its called these days. Its degrading to our ppl, in my opinion. Im sure there are styles of rap that arent motivated by sex, violence and ignorance, but i havent heard any...Call me me old school, (im 18) but thats how i feel about the whole thing.

so to answer your question luv, i dont feel proud and i sure as heck dont feel like they are stealing anything... isay take and keep it!!! lolol. They look just as ridiculous as the black ppl doing it. so yeah, thats my two cents luv...

peace and love- chai

Answer 3

I could care less if if white or anyone else wants to imitate the hip-hop persona. As long as they stay true to themselves people should feel free to indulge whatever aspect of our (American) culture they like. As long as they do not try to harm others.

Answer 4

There is so much diversity, now, that I really don't think anyone's "acting" a certain way. They're only influenced by the type of music they like... kind of like in the 80's when everyone listened to the same music and dressed like Flashdance and other videos out there. I like to see that they're open minded enough to dress like people they admire. Doesn't bother me.

Answer 5

particularly some the time this is jealousy, a brilliant style of the time this is on the grounds which you're an interloper, they don't understand in case you'll be depended on. I bear in ideas turning out to be up we could bypass bypass to relatives interior the undesirable area of city, and my mom continuously made me experience scared telling a brilliant style of those undesirable memories approximately those varieties of toddlers, so I continuously stayed in my aunts abode precise up below the adults. One bypass to i desperate to bypass exterior with my cousin and that i've got been given alongside solid with the different toddlers. They customary me because of the fact they knew my cousin substitute into cool, yet i understand they does not have had I went exterior on my very own. They thought we've been wealthy because of the fact my mom and pa had their very own individual autos, and because my mom and dad have been nonetheless mutually, and because we could come over and bypass to on Saturday's. they are mom and dad had to artwork each and all the time to make ends meet. prevalent issues that we take with no attention those that are much less fortunate are green with envy of. do not sweat it they are going to come around, in the event that they don't then they are those lacking out. i've got have been given friends that very own their very own corporation, and that i've got have been given friends that are ok off "highway pharmacists" you may choose to be you, do exactly not act such as you're greater advantageous than them. you may desire to understand a thank you to behave around particularly everyone.

Answer 6

I don't get mad I just don't understand why anybody would want to be another race. It's like they are not proud of there own race. I'm sure they know what "BLACK PEOPLE" have been through for thousands of years.

Answer 7

What makes you think that every white kid that is embracing the hip hop culture is acting. You don't act black, or white. That mess don't matter. You're living the life, not acting it!

Answer 8

You direct this question to black people like we only act a certain way or we are the only people who act ghetto. If those kids want to look stupid and degrading then that's on them it does not bother me.

Answer 9

Actually, that could be any race other than Black acting that way. So, to answer your question, what difference does it make? It's obvious that Black culture has influenced the world in positive ways. Mos def!

Answer 10

its pretty funny. i just wonder how they would act if they were dropped off in the middle of the badlands with no way of getting out.. its funny though.