i completely agree with you , im white and like shimmered jeans-often 1's u see in hip hop videos and big t-shirts and jackets and i talk what i was brought up to talk like, i do like hip-hop and grime more than rock and all of that but people either call me a 'wigger' or say 'stop acting black' or 'ur not a gangster' and i just think to myself well u dont have to be a gangster or black to dress like this, and when i think of a gangster i think of any person of any race getting money illegally and part of a crime gang,i dont think there is a dress code to a gangster , just the same as there is no dress code to a black person or a white person. i think people are too dillusioned and think they that if you are a certain race you have to dress like a certain way. i think im not going to change the way i dress to suit what other people think. More people need stand up for what they think is right and post it on here. I would never call people a wigger or anything, i just take people for who they are and I dont judge any1, sick of these people honestly, they need to get a life. people who are in a similiar position to me post a comment so I can get full support on here, if u dont have an account , get 1 and post a comment , thanks alot, replies to this will be good! , thanks alot and i think people who are scared to dress like this and like hip hop because it is 'acting black' need to stand up 4 what they beleive in and do what you want, dress the way you want, talk the way you want,walk the way you want, the uk ( where i live) is supposed to be a free country and its not like that anymore, this wouldnt of happened 50 years ago. Thanks alot.
Acting black and acting white
By wb14mbbb - Posted on August 4th, 2009
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I personally could care less what music you listen too and what clothes you wear or how you talk. That does not mean that I won't judge you based on these things. If I find your choices to be too weird for my taste I won't condemn you but I will make my own choice to avoid you and exclude you from my social circle.
I am surprised to hear of the intolerance in the UK. Last time I was in London, it seemed as diverse as any other large city with all manner of weird people doing their own thing. I suspect that it is far more diverse and tolerant then it was 50 years ago. Back then, for most people, the Beatles were an outrage. They were condemned not only for their revolutionary music but also their lifestyle, style of dress and the way they cut their hair.
If I was in a position to consider hiring you for a job I most definitely would discriminate against you if your personal lifestyle choices were interfering with your ability to dress, act and speak appropriately for the position I was trying to fill. I guess it really does not matter if you are applying for a position as a ditch digger if you speak the cell-phone texting version of Ebonics. But if I were going to put you in front of my customers as a representative of my company I would want you to dress in clothes that I (and not necessarily you) thought was appropriate and I would want you to do your best to courteously speak the Queen's English. As long as you did not embarrass my company I would not care what you did in your own time.