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Ppl call me white for listening to jazz. JAZZ.

You can tell this dude is making this rant from the heart. Great delivery.

I love seeing young people pushing back on these stereotypes. I was a kid in late 80s/ early 90s and I got a lot of that crap too. I never doubted my own blackness but was teased for speaking clearly and using "SAT" words. Keep pushing brother. We do not have to be defined by other peoples low expectations of us. If you love to read, and love words, explore that and enjoy that. To hell with the ignorant clowns that demand you dumb yourself down to their level.

Black - Ghetto White - proper speaking Mixed - "Hello nigga, I would like to inquire about information on my oppositions locations"

I genuinely dont understand these types of comments. By saying someone acts white you're just making stereotypes and expectations for how black people should act. Which just makes more trouble for us in the long run.

What I love is he didn’t overplay ‘acting white’. Like sometimes these types of videos overplay the ‘persona’ of ‘acting white’. (Usually over playing acting ‘proper’). But the fact this all started from one longish word, true comedy. One person asked me if I ‘knew I was black’ because I read a lot and apparently black people don’t read as much as I do. I was like, wtf?

Had a classmate who was a black emo who hated rap music.

Basically they be saying acting ignorant is black and being smart is white. They basically pouring down themself

This man just casually made a video that every young black child and young adult that has a vocubulary larger than 3 syllable words needs on speed dial. Summed it up perfectly man, thank you

"I don't want to be that black" That killed me

Been in this camp my entire life. It warms me to see fellow black americans speak with eloquence and diction. I used to get clowned and told that I "Talk white". Getting dissed for speaking basic english? The bar we set for ourselves is so low, like "in hell" low.

I've been told I "act white" numerous times because I talk properly and don't only listen to "black people music" and watch "black people shows". I've never even heard those terms before moving to where some of my family lives. They introduced those terms to me. It honestly annoyed me when they said I acted white like what does that even mean? Lol

"Only white people teleport. Black people have electricity powers." Why is this the best line? 😂

“ Actually, can we say dad? Are we allowed to have dads in our lives” This part fucking killed me LMFAO

As a black Kid who doesn't use slang and doesn't listen to rap, this hits home.

as a white person, i can confirm that the days have been very melancholy recently

"...Only white people teleport! Black people, we got electricity powers!" Black Lightning, Black Vulcan, Storm, Static Shock, Volt, and the entire village hidden in the Clouds have entered the chat Edit: Yes, I now know that It's just "Static". Multiple people have pointed it out in the replies already guys

I love this. My foster brother made straight A's in school and people said he was acting white. I remember it bothered him a bit. Well, he's an engineer for Alaska Airlines now and makes a very good living for himself and his family. We couldn't be prouder of him. I love you, Rodney.

This is partially associated with the concept of “crabs in the barrel”. Where, in case any crab attempts to climb out the hood, others will pull him down out of jealousy and enforcement of self approval.

Speaking as a creative/artistic person, I've learned that no matter what color, our personality type HATES being put inside a box. I think we are rebellious by nature and we hate when normies try to tell us how to think, act or speak. We don't want to be like you, we just want to be ourselves, and we always find a way to express that.

I've dealt with this my whole life. Keep being yourself and don't force yourself to become someone you're not.

Very relatable. I've never understood it. You don't like black people being stereotyped but you don't want anyone with black skin to act differently than the stereotypes.

I went to college and have a good vocabulary. Some of my less educated friends will sometimes mock me for using a word they don’t understand. Same thing as this video

I can feel the anger coming from him through my screen. This isn’t acting, this is a rant in disguise as a skit.

This is actually an excellent example of why black students struggle academically. Anytime a black person shows any level of deep thinking or intelligence other black people come in to shut them down. People need to bolster people, not try and dumb them down.

I remember the very first time I got told, "you talk white" back when I was in middle school, felt like I got hit by a semi-truck and I remember trying to be more "black" just so I don't get mocked by my own peers. As I got older, I realized how self-destructive that state of mind was and just did what made me happy in the end, now whenever someone says that to me, I immediately cut them out of my life, don't have the time or the patience to entertain that nonsense

You like how “white” just translates to articulate, with a good vocabulary.

I get Oreo comments from strangers but what makes me the most mad is when my family says shit like “you wanna be Asian or something?” Because I’m deep into a lot of anime, kdrama, and Kpop.

Bro I relate so much to this, somehow using normal sentences and being polite automatically makes me a white person. Like no, it just shows that my parents raised me right for fucks sake.

Yo I struggled with this my ENTIRE CHILDHOOD. Now as an adult at almost 30, I still feel a moderate amount of estrangement thanks to trauma but I've been fortunate to have found so many other Black people that think and act like me. There's more than one way to be Black, y'all.

I'm not black myself (European-Asian mix, if anyone's curious), but I went to a public middle school that was predominantly black. I never related well to most of my peers, since I came from a relatively privileged background, did well academically, and liked nerdy things (SciAm, video games, Yugioh/MTG, anime, and the works). My friend group back then was extremely small- myself, two Asian kids, a white kid, and a black kid. We would get picked on a lot by our classmates for some reason. The black kid in our group (I'll call him X) was into pretty much all of the same things that I was, and we would spend our lunch periods reading Game Informer (remember that?) together or talking about the latest in tech (smartphones were on the rise, and computer processors were starting to get really good). It always surprised me when the other black kids would tell X that he was acting white, just because he enunciated in a certain way, or liked certain things. I remember once when X said that he didn't like Jordan shoes because they seemed overpriced, and the aesthetic wasn't his style. One of our classmates told X that he wasn't allowed to call himself black anymore because all black people are supposed to like Jordans. X and I used to hang out at the school library during our lunch periods a lot too, and when another of our classmates saw, he laughed and said, "what kind of n__ga goes to the fucking library?" I never really understood why X was belittled by his peers for being polite, well-spoken, and intelligent. And looking down on his interests was terribly rude. His parents were supportive, but his classmates were not, and I never got that. I suppose it doesn't matter much in hindsight xD X and I can laugh at the people who used to bully us. A few of our former classmates are homeless or jobless, and one is in literal prison. Most of them have failed to make anything of themselves. X, meanwhile, is a mechanical engineer, and I'm a doctor. So we won in the end.

when i was 15 i told my mother i was depressed , she said "stop talking like a white person" 😠 what does that have to do with skin color ? some people just need to move forward with the time . and i'm not just talking about older generations , many young people today say the most backward stuff , like they were born in the 50's too.

“Being black isn’t what I’m trying to be its what I am.” - Carlton Banks

Bruv, I felt this! My whole childhood I caught shit for reading a book and doing my homework and speaking in complete sentences. As if being educated was a "Whites Only" thing. Honestly, that crap back then still affects me and my social behaviors now, 30-40 years later.

So relatable, heard too many times black people telling I was acting white or that i was fake black person only because i didnt have the same center of interests

I hate when people say that. My skin color doesn’t dictate my personality traits😂

As a black kid who strives to get good grades in school, this vid really hit home.

Absolute comedic gold “aint nothing better than listening to black people rap about killing other black people” i really felt that💯

Kinda crazy that people consider being well spoken or knowledgeable a white trait. That unintentional mental link has to be a big stumbling block for those who think in that way.

Being told one of my classmates in middle school (also black, also accused of not being black enough) was more black than me because she “talks about pimps and hoes and stuff” is one of my core memories 🥲🫠😂

As a Mexican, I feel the same way when an older hispanic person calls me a "coconut" (brown on the outside but white on the inside) for having a degree and having a job as a computer tech. It's like I was suppose to be a highschool dropout and work on cars. I can't help that my mom was intelligent enough to marry someone in the Air Force and had me raised on a military base. It's simple, I'm Mexican because my family is from Mexico.

This kinda touched me. Out of three different black groups of friends I tried to be apart of, I left three because I was too white for them. May actually send this to the next one if it happens again. Although, if I think really hard, it may legit be the Raising Cane's.

Good job showing both perspectives and how they can both come to an understanding. Very clever and a positive influence.

This happened to me as a kid. I thought I was over it until one of my teenage students asked me why I talked “white”. It triggered the heck outta me, but I tried to answer them as best I could without losing my integrity (and my job)😂

When he said “a black person is someone who has black skin” that hit deep, that should be as far as the definition goes

I’m glad that someone made a video about this, growing up I was always estranged from my family members because I “act white” I never really knew what that meant till later on when I got to high school and my friends said I was the whitest black person they ever met. Those comments really made me feel self conscious so I tried to “act and talk black” but I wasn’t comfortable with cussin or limiting my diction and word choice so now I’m back to being the same old me but I always just say that I was raised in an environment that promotes good speaking skills and pursuing knowledge but I’m still black. I can’t pull a Michael Jackson and change skin color what I’ve got is what I’ve got and I’m happy to be me. So thank you for making a video like this man I appreciate it

"Black people have electricity powers" That's a certified comic book classic 😂

As a mexican who doesn't "act mexican" with a black roommate who says people tell him he "doesn't act black", yeah it just feels like it marks you forever as an outsider.

I'm white but grew up in a mixed neighborhood and went to a school that was predominantly black. I had a couple very good black friends that would get shunned by their peers for "acting too white" and hanging out with me. It's really fucking sad and made me upset even in grade school because it just further perpetuates these incredibly harmful/racist stereotypes that black people can't be educated or like different music.

Wow this is too accurate, it hurts. I got made fun of so much when I was younger, both by my white and black peers all throughout school. Being told that I “acted white” really affected me and how I interacted with people. I was already shy, and being made fun of for loving to learn and talking properly was very demoralizing….

Man I used to hate hearing this. Frustrated me to no end. It's basically saying that anything remotely educated isn't black

When I was married (was!) I would read on my days off. One day he came over next to me and began poking me in the sides, giggling. It hurt. I politely asked he not do that. But he kept at it. Kept asking him to stop. Finally he poked, it hurt too much and I said please, will you stop antagonizing me! Well! He stood up in a huff! "Im tired of you using big words trying to make me feel stupid!" What word? Antaagonize? Its just a word? Well now i was in trouble. Me just being me was making him feel inadequate, and i was supposed to change. Thats what they mean when they say you sound white. Insecurities.

When I was a kid and I got super into reading, my mom and grandmother stopped taking me to the library because I was acting white, apparently. I know now that most of my family didn't really want me to succeed. I don't know why; maybe it's because I became an atheist and they are religious. Maybe they were jealous or mad at me because I liked science. But the term 'acting white' really fucked me up as a kid.

"how do you awaken inside of me then pause" got me cryin bro😭

I've always enjoyed your comedy and content, I think it's obvious to anyone that you're an intelligent dude. You bring sensitive topics and points across so well without hurting anyone, it's actually amazing. What you said made so much sense that I think anyone could understand.

This went places. And I loved the places it took me to. Outstanding job and now I found another awesome channel! Thank you for the hard work!

My brother tells me this all of the time because I speak properly, he’s basically saying all black people act ignorant and don’t speak right.

I've never understood how anyone- especially another black person- could say I sound white. In my head I always go "so what you're saying is that black people sound uneducated and so when I speak like I actually read and graduated high school that makes me sound like a white person?". For everyone that's ever told someone that, do you not realize you're insulting their/your ethnicity?

“Black people, we got electricity powers” Damn that’s a good one, Static Shock was the shit

KZfaq algorithm showed me this video a year after it came out, but this video showed me my childhood decades after I left it. I didn't wear baggy/saggy clothes as a kid/teen. I made good grades. Didn't know the latest rap music. Annunciated my words. Was into anime before it was cool (AKA added onto the stereotype) for black people to be into it. Was called things like Whitey, Oreo, the whitest black guy, etc. Before, I would just take it. Just say I'm not white. Now I've gotten to the point in life where any time I hear that ignorance (whether directed at me or not) I call it out for the racism it is. Saying that all black people have to look and act the same way or else they're not black, saying that to be smart and educated or speak proper English or to watch anything other than major sports and BET is only for white people, etc. is simply racist. So yeah, like many others in the comments, this video definitely hits home for me, too.

I remember I worked with a really nice girl, and she had a high pitch voice and talked very well, and she was helping a customer out and the guy asked her “that’s your real voice?” I’ll just say I guess you could say her voice didn’t match what she looked like, but it was still rude for that guy to do that, and it obviously effected her she got angry about it. It’s the same with people saying white people act black it’s like wait a minute, a white guy could grow up in a black neighborhood with black friends his whole life, that stuff is going to reflect on him as a person that’s a cultural and has to do with environment not he’s trying to be black. It’s such an odd stance to have.

I was called an "Oreo" (black on the outside white on the inside) by my cousin because I don't like listening to rap and r&b since I personally believe the songs are negative. So this skit really hits home.

This video sums up soo much deep frustration I've had to deal with growing up. Spot on bro keep up the amazing content 😂

Trust me on this man, Hood\Urban Black vs Country Black vs Suburban Black vs Rich Black vs African Black vs Caribbean Black vs UK Black we all got differences! Mostly where you grew up dictates "culture" but you can get disconnected or blended real quick when you around different cultures. I grew up in hood and now middle class but yes I got them B'RED Jordan 11's with the B'RED Jordan Shoe bag to match plus.. another pair in red so it stays with you bro! I died when he said he gonna buy 2 pairs cause that's exactly what I did !!🤣🤣

Being a black nerd raised in white suburbia 80s & 90s I swear everyday I was told I act/talk white. Mostly by family members who grew up in differently. This skit was great man and hit home personally! I'm sending this video to all my damn Uncles who got on me for watching Love Hina instead of playing basketball 😂

FUCKING THANK YOU! My family is Jamaican and we're first generation...if my parents spoke Jamaica patios in the workplace, they'd fire you on the SPOT for not "speaking proper" in the 80s and 90s in white America, so by extension, my sis and I spoke "proper' in school in such...YEARS of being called white because of it. It's just words! What, you think the police is gonna call me a white man because I know how to flip the dialogue from urban to cooperate? We tryna SURIVE out here man! This black on black shit needs to end.

Feel like I had this happen in reverse, I grew up around a lot of older black men & anytime I had any type of expression of what was deemed “white” I was immediately shamed for it. This shit hit close, real close.

as a white person, im upset that i dont know how to teleport

I'm mixed, black mother, white father. Grew up in the suburbs listening to metal and punk music. Went to the city one day wearing a metallica tshirt with my mom and had a bunch of thugged out dudes telling my mom I was white washed and she should be ashamed. Shits sad man.

Cilvanis: You think my life is a joke? You think I'm acting? Cilvanis' fans: Yes, yes we did.

I witnessed something extremely similar to this at work. One of the new guys graduated from University of Michigan and is very articulate. The other black guys openly roasted him until he started speaking ebonics around them. It was quite sad to watch him struggle with this, because no man should ever be ashamed of his college education.

black is what I am. Not something I need to attain ✊🏾

This is so accurate. I was that kid that would read books religiously growing up so I learned all sorts of words. The amount of times people, even my own family members, who would make fun of me for "acting white" was so damn annoying. I would literally just say worlds like "contemplate" and they would think I thought I was better than them despite me saying multiple times that just because I read a lot does not mean I am automatically smart. One time my uncle interrupted me doing homework to ask what the temperature was outside. I was about two or three degrees off with my guess because I'm not a fucking human thermometer. I just knew it was cold. Man literally sat there, laughed at me then said "see, you are not as smart as you think" and called me a dumbass. Some family members acted surprised when I told them I have self-esteem issues. Because, in their minds, "smart" people can't have low-self esteem and black people can't feel depressed. I will never get these people. edit: removed extra word

''What's my true persona?'' *I'll Face Myself starts playing*

"Only white people teleport. Black people we got electricity powers." This is so true.😂

Man I feel this.. As a light skinned black man who went to an all white school, all the kids there said I acted white cause I pronounced my words and didn’t dress or “look black.” Later went to an HBCU and half the dudes there said the exact same thing. I swear no one knows what being black even means anymore…

"Every black person can't be black." The irony in that line is underrated. (Remember the episode of Fresh Prince when Carlton read the frat brother for saying he wasn't black enough? That was so good.)

Glad I got recommended something like this. hearing this from my parents after they found out about my serious mental struggles, it’s refreshing to hear my own thoughts voiced to me

Good point, well made. I mean, this is true for every race, religion, nationality, culture, social class, sub-culture, gender, sexuality etc. Nobody should be pigeonholed by one aspect of their existence or feel the need to adhere to stereotypes. We're all unique blends of different opinions, beliefs, likes, dislikes, talents, flaws etc. Just be yourself.

I love the meta humor about his whole life being a skit. X,D It also kinda raised a philosophical question about to what degree we do or don't define a person by their actions. It's kinda like when people want to argue someone is a good or bad person but their actions are constantly to the contrary of that. Makes me think of the quote or concept about habits eventually becoming/defining character. And then throughout the video I was absolutely just cracking up and cheering as he went the heck off. That definitely reminds me of myself when I get worked up, LOLLL. The bits about letter limit and also whether his friend is supposed to be the required archetype he must channel were some of my absolute favorite bits. Especially the letter bit, ha. And then that ending? Priceless, LOL.

When I was workin at McDonalds, there was a lotta black people I worked with and they all called me white for my name, the way I act, music I like way I talked, etc. You tellin me a nigga has to be a walking stereotype to be black?

Ohmmmgee the cimammomtography is amazing!😍

As an American born Puerto Rican we experience the very same thing. It’s very annoying. I’ve learned to just embrace who I am not try to fit in whatever box people want to put you in to. Wonderful video

I’m 45 years old, white and grew up in New Orleans. My dad was a school teacher in an elementary school. He would tell me stories from his day. Mind you this was in the late 80s but he said when a new black student would enroll and they were “not black enough” the black students would put the kids through hell. He said it was hard to watch.

I hate how much I relate to this. People are so ignorant 🤦🏽‍♀️

This made me laugh. Great job, sometimes we just need to laugh at the nonsense. I've had to hear that crap for years. I've done that rant before, lol

My new favorite channel 😂 found you through this video.

I’m half Colombian and Dominican, and recently I’ve been called white washed just because I have good grades, my skin is “too pale”, or bc I don’t speak Spanish. This really pisses me off and I even start to question myself. I feel as if I have to act or dress a certain way. I even question whether or not I deserve to be in the advanced classes that I worked so hard for just bc of the stereotype that, and I’ve heard “No way Hispanics can be smart” I’m only in middle school, and just when I was starting to become proud of my ethnicity (bc before I wasn’t), I all the sudden get called white washed. Even by some of my friends. But I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s frustrated. I’m so glad that I found this video and I also got a ton of laughs from it, so thank u!!! :)

Thanks for this. I'm black and felt ostracized for not acting "black" enough. I was always intimidated when I was around stereotypical black culture because there was NO WAY I could fit in. I don't have it in me, lol! My Mother (I love her and she meant this with love) innocently stated that you can often tell if a man is black or not by the way he walks, and I didn't have that walk, lol. I went to an all white school and wanted so bad to "be black". I tried to change my style of dress to be black. I realized I was idolizing black culture and people in an unhealthy way. I also remember a white guy asking me what my preference in women was and when I said black, he said he didn't think someone like me would be able to date black women. In short, thank GOD I'm finally breaking out of those toxic thought patterns. There will only be one me for all eternity; past, present, and future. So I am learning to love myself because I was created to be just the way I am. Love who you are. You are that way on purpose. Finally; learning to love myself has allowed me to see people more as individuals rather than stereotypes.

To relatable as someone who's mixed. Loved it!

That’s was me in high school because I get so irritated for someone say I acted white because I like different things.but in reality I’m just like different things

I’ve had friends who felt they didn’t fit in with their families because they didn’t “act black” enough, I’m Hispanic and I’ve had instances where my parents have said I act too American, honestly it gets exhausting, why can’t we be ourselves why do we have to act a certain way you think we should based off the color of our skin, it’s unhealthy and disgusting to exclude your own family because they aren’t like you.

Sometimes they hit you with the mix up with “it’s the tone of your voice” when you ask them to explain to themselves when they call you that. I’m sorry I didn’t know all niggas had a “black” tone we should all default to. Someone please send me back to my manufacturer so that I can be corrected.

In British and Australian society we have a thing called tall poppy syndrome or people getting above their station… which is generally associated with lower socioeconomic groups, it’s sad that thinking like that can hold people back… be strong and be the best you, doesn’t matter how you speak or act, be true to yourself

Being the only hood ninja in honors classes had me having arguments on the block like this 😭😭😭😭

I’ve had the same problems my entire 22 year life. My mom was military so I moved a lot and lived at a lot of diverse areas where there was a majority of one ethnicity. Typically the education available in those areas was better as a whole, so I learned a lot especially with grammar and proper sentences. The problems happened when I started going to more predominantly black schools. They would hear the way I talked, they would see how I held myself up dress wise, and even notice how I never said niga even though I was black and they would bully tf outta me for it. Hell even in my last years of HS sooo many people mainly black would call me an Oreo, or that I talked white like I’m sorry speaking properly equaled white in their eyes. Shit was and still is terrible sometimes when I meet new people and they automatically have stereotypes built into their from what they’ve seen on social media. Like sorry I’m not some ghetto black guy that sags his paints, and calls people niga every 10 seconds. Don’t even get me started with the music. I listen to everything but rap(some) and country. Mainly anime openings and I get roasted to high hell for that shit🤦🏾

As I read through the comments, I did not realise how many of us dealt with this issue. I've been told my entire life that I sound like a white man for simply being eloquent and smart. This was from both black and white people, but what I will always remember is being told I was white for holding down a job. I believe it was something along the lines of ''look at you going to work in your suit and tie, you are so white.''

Coming from someone on the other side of the coin, it happens whatever race you are. I'm half white and half hispanic and growing up my cousins and brothers had Jordans, tall tees, etc. I wore the same thing but had my own interests like skateboarding and being more knowledgeable about video games and the industry. I was called all kinds of shit. I think what it actually is when it's boiled down is being someone who doesn't conform. This is why everywhere you go, you see the same style, same clothes, shoes, electronics, etc. People will want to wear and do what the herd does and unfortunately, we have families where this is present and shown. If you're like the dude in the video, you should be proud of yourself. Why? Because you want to be original and do what you want to do and not care what the next person is going to say about it regardless of who they are. I'm not saying go out of your way to be special and try to stand out. I'm saying be yourself and do what you truly want. People of all ages still don't know how to do this. They think it means dying their hair and wearing high lighter colored clothes with a sign on their neck that says look at me! It doesn't. It means.....just doing what you want without any outside influence manipulating that desire. Anyway, I'm out. Don't mind me, just an high older dude trying to spit some knowledge. I think it's important to share wisdom on stupid comment sections in videos. If one person sees it you already won.

People can act the way they want to. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ Just goes to show how the mind can keep you in bondage. Have your own personality.... Don't ever allow a person, group or movement dictate the way you're supposed to live your life.