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I think this part clarifies it: >The most damaging reframe in American history is that using the universal tools for success is “acting white.” If you are not
by Consultant32452 3y ago
I think this part clarifies it:
>The most damaging reframe in American history is that using the universal tools for success is “acting white.”
If you are not American it may not be clear. One specific example of a "universal tool for success" being marred in this way is that black kids who are successful academically are sometimes bullied for "acting white." I've intentionally found a left leaning source discussing this phenomenon. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/acting-white-charge-origins/594130/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/acting-whi...
- porkbeer 3y agoMy darker friends often caught hell from associating with a 'white boy' like me. The racism problem is bad on the other side too and many people discount this, but it may be a bigger problem than the obverse for culture and progress.
- chasd00 3y agoDidn’t even Obama face some of this in his campaign because he wasn’t “black enough”? I think SNL even had a running gag about it.