The Genius of Toby Keith

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Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Couldn't have said it better.

I don't hear it in college at all but when I get around some of the people I work with, they're younger, 17-19 or so if you heard me talk and heard them talk, it's like two entirely different worlds. A few years back I used to work with inner city youths about 13-17 and they gave me HELL about the way I carried myself.

I think I've heard the phrase, "You talk/act white" so many times it doesn't even phase me anymore.

I think this is a great challenge to the black community because while I am quite sure it isn't representative of the entire population it is the aspect that is most often presented as what the black community represents. I recognize it's inaccuracies but I'd like to more fully understand why this is the image that gets presented so much when it isn't correct. Is it a media thing or what? Anyone have some strong opinions on this that make good sense?