tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post1435439717174680450..comments2023-10-20T05:20:06.726-05:00Comments on JuneBug Talk: Back to the Future - "The Effects"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-62630015893616762482010-10-25T20:50:40.420-05:002010-10-25T20:50:40.420-05:00Miss B,
How late am I...just now seeing this! Th...Miss B,<br /><br />How late am I...just now seeing this! Thanks for your comments and I find you reasoning, interesting, but relevant when you speak on bloggers you have conversed with who have been accused of acthing white.<br /><br />It is important to definitely KNOW who we are...and that is what it boils down to. Not knowing who we are started the problem, it magnified many effects, but like I will mention in my last portion of this series...the reverse of not knowing who we are...KNOWING and ACCEPTING EXACTLY who we are is the ultimate solution!<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Ms Quihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700088094136561568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6448150671758169257.post-40636418396155158172010-09-30T10:02:46.876-05:002010-09-30T10:02:46.876-05:00Okay, maybe this comment will show up. That Spike ...Okay, maybe this comment will show up. That Spike Lee quote very nicely rounds off this post, and it is SOOO true! Nothing is a better indicator of our continual identity struggle than the constant change in titles we ascribe to ourselves: black, Afro-american, etc. <br /><br />I also think the "acting white" thing is funny. I've had a cousin tell me that I was acting white because I said "dude" a lot. We both laughed about it, no hurt feelings. <br /><br />I've met people and conversed with black bloggers on this topic, and I love how bourgeois people pretend to not understand the meaning of the accusation or phrase "acting white." You're not doing that here, but I thought it was worth mentioning. <br /><br />We all know what it means when someone says you're acting white. I think it's more important to try to understand where, emotionally and culturally, the accusation (when it is actually launched as an accusation rather than just a playful joke) itself stems from and what else, other than you, the person is trying to indict by saying you're acting white. Anyway, maybe that's a whole other post. <br /><br />I've noticed that being accused of acting white usually has little to do with the intelligence of the accused (a lot of the black bloggers I conversed with said they were accused of acting white because they were smart and bookish)or the way one talks (or because they spoke "correct" English). I find that the accusation is usually launched at people who meet one or both of 2 qualities: 1)Actually think they are better than most or many black folks, and 2)Actively (intentionally) seek to separate themselves from black people, especially black people of a certain class background (that separation includes looking down on such black folks or simply dismissing their importance). Some people toss around the phrase, playfully, when they encounter a black person who behaves in some way stereotypically white (i.e. the exchange between my cousin and me), but I find that in those instances the accusation is not meant with any seriousness. <br /><br />Anyway, I thought I'd show your post some love and comment. Keep them coming, Ms Qui!Blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542131112280018323noreply@blogger.com