In my experience (because I got it too), it usually has to do with the way you talk.  I found out years later that most of the girls who told me I acted white went absolutely nowhere in life.  Go figure.

Most ignorant ppl associate "acting white" with proper english, being studious, following the rules, and having a positive, cheery attitude like a ditsy blonde. 

Now of course this is all stupid b/c behavior does not come in colors.  

And why should possessing all these good qualities be associated with being white, that's demeaning towards blacks!  As if we're not capable!   But anywho.........

I've never been told I "act white", at least not to my face!   But I have heard other people call another an oreo before, sad.

Well I can tell you from experience that it is associated with the way you act (mostly speak).  Also your taste in things such as music and clothing may be different from most other black people.

Im light skinned but i waz reffered to as "white" all through high school simply because I was very "polite", smarter than most kids and very open minded when it came to music.

Dont sweat it though. I always took it as a compliment and was happy that i wasnt as ignorant as those hurling the insults.

Everyone has their own personality traits. I think when people say your acting white its discrimination against you just because you don’t necessarily fit into a stereotypical ideology of how black people are suppose to act. Everyone is different, not all black people dress, talk and act the same. I think people like this should just be ignored and everyone should go on being themselves.

quote : Also your taste in things such as music and clothing may be different from most other black people.

I got flack for this too I listen to pink floyd,alman brothers,and green day and I like shopping at Old navy and these girls said i was acting and dressing white because "black people dont wear old navy(although evertime i see a commercial for it i see a sister sitting right up front advertising the clothes) and "black people arent suppose to like rock music"(my college roomates say this as well) and when i point out rock came from the blues they just give me a blank stare and say some smart a$$ comment about me thinking im white.....i rememeber when flared jeans came out (i grew up in a small town btw) i was the first to get them everyone said they were cute except the black ppl in my town they said they look like soul train pants BUT the next year they were wearing the same pants i had on a yr before go figure

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*I just got it Shake if off!!!*

LOL.

I have been told this before...1) because of the school i went too 2) because of the way i say certain words 2) the music I listen to.

My response is always, "Black/brown is a color not an attitude...it does not determine the way I should behave."

Nonsense.  I think that classic rock is great...besides, listening to it will give you a better idea of where a lot of today's song were blatantly ripped from.

That really annoyed me in high school, how if you didn't like rap, "Oh, you must like country and heavy metal."  But looking back, I can see that most of the time it wasn't meant to be rude, but that the people asking me really didn't realize that there were different genres of music out there.  So it was ignorance on top of some meanness.  Oh, well.